A.V. Smirnov, A.A. Shashkov, I.I. Ivanova, B.V. Romanovsky, Z.Gabelica
"Proc. 12th International Zeolite Conference", Materials Research Society, p. 1207, (1999)
ABSTRACT. Alkylation of benzene with propylene and cumene isomerization over acidic Ga-MFI zeolite was investigated. Both direct alkylation and secondary isomerization of cumene formed as a primary alkylation product account for the formation of n-propylbenzene. Cumene isomerization to n-propylbenzene proceeds as an intermolecular transfer of propyl group.