Conclusions
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The alkylation of benzene with ethylene on a zeolite Y-rare-earth element catalyst gives sec-butylbenzene in up to 70% yield.
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A mechanism was propsed for the formation of sec-butylbenzene via the intermediate step of ethylene dimerization.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2586–2588, November, 1971.
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Minachev, K.M., Mortikov, E.S., Leont'ev, A.S. et al. Specific effect of zeolite Y-rare-earth element (REE) catalyst in the alkylation of benzene with ethylene. Russ Chem Bull 20, 2457–2459 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00854338
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