This invention relates to a process for synthesizing para-diisopropylbenzene utilizing only cumene and propylene as raw materials. This synthesis technique offers the advantage of eliminating benzene as a raw material used in the process. The elimination of benzene is beneficial because it simplifies the process and eliminates the need to purchase and store benzene for use in the synthesis. The elimination of benzene from the synthesis is of particular value since the use of benzene in industrial applications has been under attack on the basis of environmental, safety, and health concerns. The present invention discloses a process for producing para-diisopropylbenzene from cumene and propylene, said process comprising the steps of (1) introducing a feed stream into an alkylation zone wherein said feed stream is comprised of cumene and propylene, and wherein said alkylation zone contains an alkylation catalyst; (2) allowing the cumene and propylene in the feed stream to react together to produce a first mixture of para-diisopropylbenzene and meta-diisopropylbenzene; (3) fractionally distilling the mixture of para-diisopropylbenzene and meta-diisopropylbenzene in a fractional distillation step to separate the meta-diisopropylbenzene from the para-diisopropylbenzene; (4) isomerizing the meta-diisopropylbenzene in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst to produce a second mixture of para-diisopropylbenzene and meta-diisopropylbenzene; (5) recycling the second mixture of para-diisopropylbenzene and meta-diisopropylbenzene recovered from the transalkylation step to the fractional distillation step; and (6) recovering the para-diisopropylbenzene that was separated from the meta-diisopropylbenzene by the fractional distillation step.
本发明涉及一种仅利用双异丙基苯和
丙烯作为原料合成对
二异丙基苯的方法。该合成技术的优点在于消除了苯作为该过程中的原料。消除苯的有益之处在于简化了该过程,并消除了购买和储存苯以用于合成的需要。从合成中消除苯对于工业应用来说特别有价值,因为基于环境、安全和健康问题,苯的使用一直受到攻击。本发明揭示了一种从双异丙基苯和
丙烯中生产对
二异丙基苯的方法,该方法包括以下步骤:(1)将馈流引入烷基化区,其中该馈流由双异丙基苯和
丙烯组成,该烷基化区含有烷基化催化剂;(2)使馈流中的双异丙基苯和
丙烯相互反应,产生对
二异丙基苯和间
二异丙基苯的第一混合物;(3)在分馏步骤中分馏对
二异丙基苯和间
二异丙基苯的混合物,以将间
二异丙基苯与对
二异丙基苯分离;(4)在转移烷基化催化剂的存在下异构化间
二异丙基苯,产生对
二异丙基苯和间
二异丙基苯的第二混合物;(5)回收从转移烷基化步骤中回收的对
二异丙基苯和间
二异丙基苯的第二混合物到分馏步骤;以及(6)回收通过分馏步骤与间
二异丙基苯分离的对
二异丙基苯。