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Phenol recovery from bisphenol-A waste streams

US4351966A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 1971
Grant dateSep 28, 1982
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Expiry dateJun 8, 1991

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C37/52
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Bisphenol-A waste stream derived from the reaction of phenol and acetone in the presence of an acidic condensing agent can be treated with a molecular sieve to obtain good yields of phenol present in the effluent stream either in isolated form or as part of the compounds present in the waste stream.

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