Editing Cumene process (section)

===Alternatives to phenol production===
*[[Hydroquinone]] is prepared by dialkylation of benzene with propene to give [[Diisopropylbenzenes|1,4-diisopropylbenzene]]. This compound reacts with air to afford the bis(hydroperoxide).  Analogous to the behavior of [[cumene hydroperoxide]], it rearranges in acid to give [[acetone]] and hydroquinone. Oxidation of hydroquinone gives 1,4-benzoquinone:<ref>Gerhard Franz, Roger A. Sheldon "Oxidation" in ''Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry'', Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2000 {{doi|10.1002/14356007.a18_261}}</ref>
*:<chem>C6H4(CHMe2)2 + 2 1/2 O2 -> C6H4O2 + 2 OCMe2 + H2O</chem>
*[[Resorcinol]] is analogously prepared by converting [[1,3-Diisopropylbenzene]] into the bis(hydroperoxide), which fragments to resorcinol and acetone.<ref>{{Ullmann |title=Resorcinol|author1=K. W. Schmiedel |author2=D. Decker |doi=10.1002/14356007.a23_111.pub2|year=2012}}</ref>
*[[2-Naphthol]] can also be produced by a method analogous to the cumene process.<ref name=Ullmann2005>Gerald Booth "Naphthalene Derivatives" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. {{doi|10.1002/14356007.a17_009}}.</ref>
*[[3-Chlorophenol]], which does not arise by chlorination of phenol, can be produced by cumene process beginning with the alkylation of chlorobenzene with propylene.<ref>{{Ullmann|author1=François Muller |author2=Liliane Caillard |title=Chlorophenols |year=2011 |doi=10.1002/14356007.a07_001.pub2}}</ref>
*[[Cresol]]s are produced from isopropyltoluene.<ref name=Patai>{{cite book |title=Syntheses and Uses of Hydroperoxides and Dialkylperoxides |editor1-first=Saul |editor1-last=Patai |author=Roger A. Sheldon |chapter=Synthesis and uses of alkyl hydroperoxides and dialkyl peroxides |year=1983 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |doi=10.1002/9780470771730.ch6 |series=PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups|pages=161–200 |isbn=978-0-471-10218-2 }}</ref>