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Kinetics of cumene synthesis over ferrisilicate of MFI structure
Author(s) -
Parikh P. A,
Subrahmanyam N.,
Bhat Y. S.,
Halgerp A. B.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450710513
Subject(s) - cumene , chemistry , benzene , isomerization , alkylation , kinetics , medicinal chemistry , activation energy , chemical kinetics , chemical reaction kinetics , catalysis , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Benzene isopropylation over medium port ferrisilicate to obtain cumene has been studied. Effects of reaction conditions on cumene selectivity are discussed. Based on the reaction network, various models were derived and fitted to kinetic data. A simple stoichiometric model represented the kinetic data significantly better than other models. Estimated activation energy values indicated that benzene alkylation is faster than cumene isomerisation to n‐propylbenzene.