Ethylbenzene

Ethylbenzene is a chemical compound made of carbon and hydrogen (a hydrocarbon).

It has the chemical formula C₈H₁₀ or C₆H₅(C₂H₅). Ethylbenzene is a structural isomer of xylene, meaning they both have the formula C₈H₁₀, so the second formula (which shows the ethyl group) is used to specifically talk about ethylbenzene.

Uses

Removing two hydrogen atoms from the ethyl group (the part of the molecule that sticks out from the ring) changes ethylbenzene into styrene, an important chemical used to make rubber.^[1]

References

↑ Tang, Renshi; Zhou, Yonghua; Xie, Le (2024). "Experimental, Kinetics, and Reactor Modeling Studies of the Direct Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene in the Fixed-Bed Reactor". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 63 (27): 11848–11860. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.4c01175.

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[1] Tang, Renshi; Zhou, Yonghua; Xie, Le (2024). "Experimental, Kinetics, and Reactor Modeling Studies of the Direct Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene in the Fixed-Bed Reactor". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 63 (27): 11848–11860. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.4c01175.

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