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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fabrizio Cavani, Modena, IT;
Virginio Arrigoni, Milan, IT;
Assignees:
Enichem Synthesis SpA, Palermo, IT;
Eniricerche SpA, Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585467 ; 585470 ; 585474 ;
Abstract
Cumene is prepared by alkylation of benzene with propylene, or by transalkylation of diisopropylbenzenes in the presence of benzene, on a silica and alumina gel catalyst which is amorphous to X-rays and has an SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ratio of between 50/1 and 300/1, a surface area of between 500 and 1000 m.sup.2 /g, an overall pore volume of between 0.3 and 0.6 ml/g and mean pore diameter of the order of 10 .ANG., and which is free or substantially free of pores having a diameter exceeding 30 .ANG..