Process for the removal of hydroxyacetone from phenol
US4251325A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 1979 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C37/74
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Phenol containing less than 30 ppm hydroxyacetone is produced by feeding hydroxyacetone-contaminated phenol obtained by the decomposition of cumene hydroperoxide, which phenol is substantially free from cleavage catalyst and light ends such as acetone and water, and up to 22% by weight of cumene and/or alpha-methyl styrene to an intermediate point in a distillation column from which there is removed overhead a fraction containing cumene and/or alpha-methyl styrene and a substantial proportion of the hydroxyacetone in the feed and there is removed from the base a fraction comprising phenol containing less than 30 ppm hydroxyacetone, whilst maintaining the column under such conditions of temperature and pressure that cumene and/or alpha-methyl styrene forms from 55 to 80% by weight of the composition on the uppermost 15 to 70% of the trays in the stripping section and phenol forms greater than 50% by weight of the composition on the bottommost 10 to 50% of the trays in the stripping section.
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