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Cocatalysts for the synthesis of bisphenols

US5914431A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1997
Grant dateJun 22, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C2603/18
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to the synthesis of bisphenols from monophenols and carbonyl compounds such as aldehydes and ketones using concentrated mineral acids such as hydrochloric acid and/or hydrogen chloride gas as acid catalysts and a mercaptan as cocatalyst, which is fixed by an ion pair bond to a matrix that is insoluble in the reaction medium.

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