The main products are toluene, ethylbenzene, iso-heptyl-and iso-butylbenzene, CH4 and C2H6.  A detailed kinetic model was constructed and validated over the entire experimental range of conversion (0.7-62%).  Thermochemical and kinetic parameters of key decomposition routes were computed using theoretical calculations.

The main products are toluene, ethylbenzene, iso-butylbenzene and hydrocarbon gases (C 1 , C 2 and C 3).  Several organosulfur compounds are produced: mainly short thiols, phenylbutanethiols, and phenylthiophenes.  H 2 S accelerates the pyrolysis of n-butylbenzene by a factor up to almost 4 depending on the experimental conditions.