Method for preparing p-isobutylstyrene.

摘要

A method for preparing high-purity p-isobutylstyrene is here disclosed which comprises in a first step reacting o- and/or m-isobutylethylbenzene, optionally, together with isobutylbenzene, in the presence of an acid catalyst in a liquid phase at a reaction temperature of -10 to 600 DEG C so that the production of sec-butylethylbenzene in butylethylbenzene may not exceed 20% by weight, in order to form a mixture of p-isobutylethylbenzene and sec-butylethylbenzene; and in a second step bringing the mixture of p-isobutylethylbenzene and sec-butylethylbenzene recovered from the first step into contact with a dehydrogenation metal catalyst containing at least one metal selected from the groups Ib, IIb, VIa, VIIa and VIII of the periodic table at a reaction temperature of 300 to 650 DEG C under a reaction pressure of 50 bar (kg/cm<2>) or less in a gaseous phase.