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Asked 6th Dec, 2013
What is the appropriate method to turn phenol to benzene?
Benzene is the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon. Synthesis of benzene via different methods, for example, on heating alkynes (acetylene), undergoes polymerization in the presences of catalyst (Cu) hot tub, it polymerizes to benzene.
The study of chemical reactions, including the reduction processes the occur of phenol possible of prepare benzene despite the presence of Sigma bond
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PhOH + Zn (dust) -> C6H6 +ZnO
Roscoe, Henry (1891). A treatise on chemistry, Volume 3, Part 3. London: Macmillan & Co. p. 23.
Many industrial chemists looking for inverse process - because demand on PhOH increase, but decrease on acetone. Cumene method produces both in equal quantities.
PhOH is much more valuable than C6H6.
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