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Cumene process is the most important commercial method for the manufacture of phenol. Cumene is 

A

1-methyl ethyl benzene

B

ethyl benzene

C

vinyl benzene

D

propyl benzene.

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A
Cumene is isopropyl benzene or 1-methylethyl benzene which can be prepared as follows.
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