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There are nine chemicals in the top 50 that are manufactured from benzene. These are listed in Table 11.1. Two of these, ethylbenzene and styrene, have already been discussed in Chapter 9, Sections 5 and 6, since they are also derivatives of ethylene. Three others—cumene, acetone, and bisphenol A—were covered in Chapter 10, Sections 3–5, when propylene derivatives were studied. Although the three carbons of acetone do not formally come from benzene, its primary manufacturing method is from cumene, which is made by reaction of benzene and propylene. These compounds need not be discussed further at this point. That leaves phenol, cyclohexane, adipic acid, and nitrobenzene. Figure 11.1 summarizes the synthesis of important chemicals made from benzene. Caprolactam is the monomer for nylon 6 and is included because of it importance.
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Chenier, P.J. (2002). Derivatives of the Basic Aromatics. In: Survey of Industrial Chemistry. Topics in Applied Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0603-4_11
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