The disproportionation of ethylbenzene-1
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Envare Γnseren; Alfred P. Wolf
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Article
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1961
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Elsevier Science
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French
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It is known3 that the disproportionation4 of ethylbenzene to give benzene and a mixture of di-and triethylbenzenes catalyzed by hydrogen bromide promoted aluminum bromide is much faster than the corresponding disproportionation of toluene. McCaulay and Lien3 have explained the huge rate difference o