How is phenol prepared from cumene.
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To prepare phenol, cumene is first oxidized in the presence of air of cumene hydro-peroxide.
Then, cumene hydroxide is treated with dilute acid to prepare phenol and acetone as by-products.
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Cumene is formed in the gas-phase Friedel
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–Crafts alkylation of benzene by propylene. ... Cumene hydroperoxide is then hydrolysed in an acidic medium (the Hock rearrangement) to give phenol and acetone. In the first step, the terminal hydroperoxy oxygen atom is protonated.
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