One step preparation of linear antioxidant phenolic polymers involving use of impure diolefin feedstock and aluminum catalyst under ortho alkylation conditions
US3996198A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 1975 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08G2261/3424
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Phenolic polymers having 3 to 1000 repeating units of the general structural formula ##STR1## wherein X and X.sup.1 independently are hydrogens or methyls, R is a lower alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl of from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently are hydrogen, lower alkyls of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aralkyls of from 8 to 14 carbons, or alkoxys or aralkyloxys of from 1 to about 14 carbons, are prepared in one step by contacting an R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 -containing phenol having two hydrogens ortho to the hydroxyl group with a low purity diolefinic hydrocarbon under ortho-alkylation conditions in the presence of an effective amount of an ortho-alkylation catalyst. These materials find use as antioxidants, especially for edibles, where their polymeric nature offers advantages.
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