BENZENE’S SYNTHETIC USES after manufacture from coal tar. Why is benzene useful for chemists? “In both the US and Europe, 50% of benzene is used in the production of ethylbenzene/styrene, 20% is used in the production of cumene, and about 15% of benzene is used in the production of cyclohexane (eventually to nylon).” The benzene ring is also at the heart of nature’s biochemistry. ”
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