NOVELTY - Producing a renewable aromatic compound comprises (a) contacting a renewable cyclic monoterpene with a dehydrogenation catalyst under conditions for the oxidation of the cyclic monoterpene to renewable p-cymene and hydrogen gas (H2), and (b) contacting the renewable p-cymene with benzene and a transalkylation catalyst under conditions for the transalkylation of the benzene with the renewable p-cymene to produce renewable cumene and renewable toluene.    USE - The methods are used for producing a renewable aromatic compound such as benzene, toluene, xylenes, and cumene, as well as compounds derived from these including, for example, aniline, benzoic acid, cresol, cyclohexane, cyclohexanone, phenol and bisphenol A, toluene di-isocyanate, isophthalic acid, phthalic anhydride, terephthalic acid and dimethyl terephthalate. The solvent is used in printing, rubber and leather applications. The agent is used for application to steel, silicon wafers and chips (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The methods provide processes for producing a variety of aromatic compounds from renewable resources. The biologically produced cyclic monoterpenes can be converted to cymene, which in turn can be used as a renewable feedstock to produce renewable cumene, renewable toluene and renewable forms of a variety of related aromatic compounds, as well as a variety of alkylated benzenes having one or more methyl, isopropyl, or methyl and isopropyl substituents, including, without limitation renewable toluene, renewable cumene, renewable cymene, and renewable di-isopropyl benzene.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are:    (1) renewable cumene, where all the carbons are renewable carbons;    (2) renewable cumene comprising the cumene of (1) and cumene where only the carbons in the isopropyl substituent are renewable;    (3) benzene comprising renewable benzene where all the carbons in the renewable benzene are renewable carbons, and non-renewable benzene where no carbons are renewable carbons;    (4) toluene comprising renewable toluene where all the carbons in the renewable toluene are renewable carbons, and renewable toluene where only the carbon in the methyl substituent is a renewable carbon;    (5) xylene comprising renewable xylene where all the carbons in the renewable xylene are renewable carbons, and renewable xylene where only the carbons in the methyl substituents are renewable carbons;    (6) methods for producing compounds derived from the aromatic compounds;    (7) cumene, toluene, benzene, methane, xylene, isophthalic acid, phthalic anhydride, terephthalic acid, dimethyl terephthalate, cyclohexane, cyclohexanone, acetone, phenol, bisphenol A, renewable phenolic resin, aniline, toluene di-isocyanate, or benzoic acid;    (8) a solvent comprising the xylene or the toluene;    (9) a cleaning agent comprising the xylene or the toluene;    (10) a thinner for paint or varnish comprising the xylene or toluene;    (11) gasoline comprising the xylene or the toluene;    (12) jet fuel comprising the xylene or the toluene; and    (13) cresol, or terephthalic acid.