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Q.Isopropylbenzene (cumene) on air oxidation in the presence of dilute acid gives
a) C6H5COOH
b) C6H5COCH3
c) C6H5COC6H5
d) C6H5-OH
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Step 1. Isopropylbenzene (cumene) reacts with atmospheric O2 in the presence of dilute acid (after first forming cumene hydroperoxide via aerial oxidation) to be cleaved into two products.
Step 2. This is exactly the industrial cumene process (section 11.13.4): cumene hydroperoxide, on acid cleavage, gives PHENOL as the major aromatic product, with ACETONE (CH3-CO-CH3) released as the co-product. …
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