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Sulfuric acid (1%) is used to catalyse the cleavage reaction.

Many byproducts are formed including alpha methyl styrene which is hydrogenated to styrene and recycled.

Alan Heaton (Ed.) An Introduction to Industrial Chemistry, Blackie (1996)

         
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Disproportionation
Industrial Process: Organic

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