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Process for the manufacture of anthraquinone

US4304724A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1980
Grant dateDec 8, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C46/00
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a process for making anthraquinone by the cyclization reaction of orthobenzoylbenzoic acid. The process uses as a catalyst a cation-exchange resin formed from a polymer with a polytetrafluoroethylene backbone and sulfonic-acid sidechains.

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