Process for purifying bisphenol-a
US7067704B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C37/84
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Bisphenol-A is purified in a process which comprises the following steps: a) cooling a liquid mixture comprising bisphenol-A and water in a bisphenol-A crystallizer to form bisphenol-A crystals in a liquid phase; b) separating the bisphenol-A crystals from the liquid phase; c) dividing at least a portion of the liquid phase into a bisphenol-rich organic phase and a water-rich phase; d) feeding phenol and at least a portion of the bisphenol-rich organic phase into a adduct crystallizer to form a crystalline adduct of phenol and bisphenol-A in a mother liquor, and e) separating the crystalline adduct from the mother liquor. Bisphenol-A of high purity at a high yield is obtained.
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