Isopropylbenzene (cumene) on air oxidation in the presence of dilute acid gives a) C6H5COOH b) C6H5COCH3 c) C6

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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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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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In the industrial cumene process, cumene (isopropylbenzene) is air-oxidised to cumene hydroperoxide, $\text{C}_6\text{H}_5\text{C(CH}_3)_2\text{OOH}$ . Treatment with dilute acid then cleaves it: …
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$Q. Isopropylbenzene on air oxidation followed by decomposition by dilute acid gives _____.$
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Air oxidation of cumene followed by acid cleavage is the industrial cumene process for making phenol.

Isopropylbenzene (cumene) is air-oxidised to cumene hydroperoxide, which on treatment with dilute acid undergoes rearrangement/cleavage to give phenol and acetone as a co-product: …

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