The application provides a method for preparing isobutylbenzene from
benzene and
butene, which comprises four reactions in sequence; the first reaction is to synthesize sec-butylbenzene from
benzene and
butene; the second reaction is to generate 2-phenyl-2-
butene by
dehydrogenation of sec-butylbenzene; the third reaction is to generate 2-methyl-1-
phenylpropene by
isomerization of 2-phenyl-2-butene; and the fourth reaction is to generate isobutylbenzene by hydrogenation of 2-methyl-1-
phenylpropene; the butene comprises 1-butene and / or 2-butene. The method uses
benzene and butene as raw materials, adopts a four-step continuous series fixed-
bed reaction process to synthesize isobutylbenzene, is simple to operate, can realize
continuous production, does not need to use the
metal potassium-
sodium catalyst used in the traditional isobutylbenzene synthesis process, has small
safety risk, and is suitable for industrialized production of isobutylbenzene.