Process and catalyst for production of bisphenol-A
US4820740A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 1986 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2231/347
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Bisphenol-A is prepared by reacting an excess of phenol with acetone in the presence of a modified sulfonic acid cationic exchange resin catalyst having a plurality of sulfonic acid sites of the general formula ##STR1## in which IER represnts the ionic exchange backbone, each a and b is an integer from 9 to about 5, and each R is selected independently from H, OH, Sh and alkyl groups. The catalyst exhibits high activity and selectively at moderate reaction temperatures, low production of colored impurities, and high stability.
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