Cymene
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Production and reactions
m- and p-Cymene are prepared by alkylation of toluene with propylene:
- CH3C6H5 + 2 CH3CH=CH2 → CH3C6H4CH(CH3)2
These alkylations are catalyzed by various Lewis acids, such as aluminium trichloride.
m- and p-Cymene are mainly of interest as precursors to the respective cresols, which exploits the Hock rearrangements.