Alkylation ndi kusamutsa gulu la alkyl kuchoka ku molekyulu kupita ku ina.Zomwe gulu la alkyl (methyl, ethyl, etc.) limalowetsedwa mu molekyulu.Alkylation agents omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'makampani ndi olefin, halane, alkyl sulfate ester, etc.
Mu ndondomeko yoyenga bwino, dongosolo la alkylation limaphatikiza ma alkenes otsika kwambiri (makamaka propylene ndi butene) ndi isobutane pogwiritsa ntchito chothandizira (sulfonic kapena hydrofluoric acid) kupanga alkylates (makamaka octanes apamwamba, alkanes am'mbali).Zotsatira za alkylation zitha kugawidwa mu matenthedwe alkylation ndi catalytic alkylation.Chifukwa cha kutentha kwambiri kwa matenthedwe a alkylation reaction, ndikosavuta kupanga pyrolysis ndi machitidwe ena am'mbali, kotero njira yothandizira alkylation imatengedwa m'makampani.
Chifukwa sulfuric acid ndi hydrofluoric acid ali ndi asidi wamphamvu, dzimbiri la zida ndizovuta kwambiri.Chifukwa chake, pakuwona kupanga kotetezeka komanso kutetezedwa kwa chilengedwe, zolimbikitsa ziwirizi sizothandiza.Pakadali pano, superacid yolimba imagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chothandizira cha alkylation, koma sichinafike pamlingo wogwiritsa ntchito mafakitale mpaka pano.
Kutembenuka kwa isomer imodzi ndi inzake.Njira yosinthira mawonekedwe a pawiri popanda kusintha kapangidwe kake kapena kulemera kwake.Kusintha kwa malo a atomu kapena gulu mu molekyulu yachilengedwe.Nthawi zambiri pamaso pa catalysts.
Mtundu umodzi wa hydrocarbon ukhoza kusinthidwa kukhala mitundu iwiri ya hydrocarbon yosiyana pogwiritsa ntchito njira yosiyanitsira, kotero kusagwirizana ndi njira imodzi yofunikira yoyendetsera kasamalidwe ndi kufunikira kwa hydrocarbon mumakampani.Ntchito zofunika kwambiri ndi toluene disproportionation kuonjezera kupanga xylene ndi kupanga mkulu chiyero benzene nthawi imodzi, ndi propylene disproportionation kupanga triolefin njira za polima kalasi ethylene ndi mkulu chiyero butene.Kusintha kwa toluene kukhala benzene ndi xylene nthawi zambiri kumagwiritsa ntchito silicon aluminiyamu chothandizira.Pakali pano, kafukufuku wotchuka kwambiri ndi molecular sieve chothandizira, monga meridionite-mtundu wa silk molecular sieve.