Process for producing 2-hydroxyphenyl lower alkyl ketones
US4652683A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C45/54
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process is provided for the production of 2-hydroxyphenyl lower alkyl ketones, e.g. 2-hydroxyacetophenone, by reacting phenol and a lower alkanoic acid, e.g. acetic acid or an ester of phenol and a lower alkanoic acid, e.g. phenyl acetate, in the presence of a silicalite catalyst containing about 700 to 14000 ppm of alumina, which has been calcined at least once from the as synthesized form. The reaction is preferably conducted in the vapor phase in the presence of an inert gas such as nitrogen.
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