Mathematical model for the alkylation of 1,3,5- trimethylbenzene with cyclopentene in the presence of sulphuric acid

• Main Authors: Sariah Abang, S. M. Anisuzzaman, Mariani Rajin, Masdiana H .Guntur, Nor Farjanah Nasir
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Faculty of Science and Natural Resources 2019
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education; QD Chemistry
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30107/1/Mathematical%20model%20for%20the%20alkylation%20of%201%2C3%2C5-%20trimethylbenzene%20with%20cyclopentene%20in%20the%20presence%20of%20sulphuric%20acid-%20Abstract.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30107/2/Mathematical%20model%20for%20the%20alkylation%20of%201%2C3%2C5-Trimethylbenzene%20with%20cyclopentene%20in%20the%20presence%20of%20sulphuric%20acid.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30107/; http://tost.unise.org/pdfs/vol6/no2-2/6x2-2x198-202.pdf

In this research, the individual and interaction effects of three processing variables (reaction temperature, molar ratio of 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene to cyclopentene, amount of sulphuric acid) on the alkylation alkylation of 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene with cyclopentene in the presence of sulphuric acid were studied based on Central Composite Design with Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The coefficient of determination R2 was 0.91, showed that the experimental data fitted with the mathematical model. The mathematical model indicated that the significant parameters that affecting the alkylation reaction were the reaction temperature and the amount of acid sulphuric.