Alkylation shine canja wurin ƙungiyar alkyl daga wannan kwayoyin zuwa wani.Halin da aka gabatar da ƙungiyar alkyl (methyl, ethyl, da dai sauransu) a cikin kwayoyin halitta.Abubuwan da aka saba amfani da su a masana'antu sune olefin, halane, alkyl sulfate ester, da sauransu.
A cikin daidaitaccen tsari na tsaftacewa, tsarin alkylation yana haɗuwa da ƙananan alkenes masu nauyin kwayoyin halitta (yafi propylene da butene) tare da isobutane ta amfani da mai kara kuzari (sulfonic ko hydrofluoric acid) don samar da alkylates (mafi girman octanes, alkanes na gefe).Alkylation halayen za a iya raba zuwa thermal alkylation da catalytic alkylation.Saboda yawan zafin jiki na thermal alkylation dauki, yana da sauƙi don samar da pyrolysis da sauran halayen gefe, don haka ana amfani da hanyar alkylation na catalytic a cikin masana'antu.
Saboda sulfuric acid da hydrofluoric acid suna da acid mai karfi, lalata kayan aiki yana da tsanani sosai.Don haka, daga mahangar samar da aminci da kariyar muhalli, waɗannan abubuwa guda biyu ba su ne ƙwaƙƙwaran haɓakawa ba.A halin yanzu, ana amfani da m superacid a matsayin alkylation mai kara kuzari, amma bai kai matakin aikace-aikacen masana'antu ba ya zuwa yanzu.
Haɗin kai na isomer ɗaya tare da wani.Hanyar canza tsarin fili ba tare da canza abun da ke ciki ko nauyin kwayoyin halitta ba.Canji a matsayin zarra ko rukuni a cikin kwayoyin mahadi.Sau da yawa a gaban masu kara kuzari.
Ana iya canza nau'in nau'in hydrocarbon zuwa nau'ikan nau'ikan hydrocarbon daban-daban guda biyu ta hanyar amfani da tsarin rashin daidaituwa, don haka rashin daidaituwa yana ɗaya daga cikin mahimman hanyoyin daidaita wadatar da buƙatun hydrocarbon a masana'antu.Mafi mahimmancin aikace-aikacen shine rashin daidaituwa na toluene don haɓaka samar da xylene da kuma samar da benzene mai tsabta a lokaci guda, da kuma rashin daidaituwa na propylene don samar da matakai na triolefin na ethylene-polymer da babban tsarki butene.Juyawar toluene zuwa benzene da xylene gabaɗaya yana amfani da sinadarin silicon aluminum.A halin yanzu, binciken da ya fi shahara shine mai kara kuzari na siliki, irin su siliki na siliki mai nau'in meridionite.