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Industrially, a variety of catalysis and conditions are employed to make ethyl benzene. Catalysts include: aluminium chloride, boron fluoride, phosphoric acid on Kieselguhr, and silica-alumina.

There are several side reactions, include polyalkylation, cracking and hydrogen transfer.

L. Kniel, O. Winter and K. Stork, Ethylene: Keystone to the Petrochemical Industry

  +  
CH3CH2Cl
  +  
AlCl3
         
  +  
H+
  +  
[AlCl4]
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Benzene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chloroethane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Aluminium chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethylbenzene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Proton     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Tetrachloroaluminium ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Ethylene the Petrochemical Building Block
Substitution: Electrophilic Aromatic

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