Transalkylation between di-
iso-propylbenzene and benzene was studied with anhydrous aluminum chloride as catalyst. The reaction was carried out in a cylindrical reaction vessel at temperatures ranging from 15 to 70°C, reaction times from 2 to 1, 800 minutes, benzene to di-
iso-propylbenzene mole ratios from 0.5 to 10, and aluminum chloride to di-
iso-propylbenzene mole ratios from 0.1 to 2. The products were analyzed with gaschromatography. Cumene was a main product, other product being tri-
iso-propylbenzene. Neither gaseous products nor condensation products other than those mentioned above could be detected. The reactions could be represented as follows; C
6H
4(
iso-C
3H
7)
2+C
6H
6=2C
6H
5•
iso-C
3H
7 and 2C
6H
4(
iso-C
3H
7)
2=C
6H
5•
iso-C
3H
7+C
6H
3(
iso-C
3H
7)
3. Equilibrium constants of these reactions were 4.3 and 0.34 respectively. These values were found to be in agreement with those estimated thermodynamically. Heat of reaction was very small with each of there reactions. The rate of the former reaction was nearly identical with that of cymene. This reaction was of the first order with respect to di-
iso-propylbenzene and 0.7th order with respect to aluminum chloride. The values of activation energy and apparent A-factor were 23kcal/mole and 1.6×10
13sec
-1 respectively.
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