Ethylbenzene Degradation

Description: Ethylbenzene is an intermediate in the production of styrene which is formed into polystyrene that is used for many plastic products. The intermediate, ethylbenzene, is dehydrogenated to form ethenylbenzene, which is another name for styrene.

Another way that ethylbenzene is degradated involves a more extensive pathway in which it is formed into benzoyl-CoA.