Process for the anodic dehydrodimerization of substituted phenols

US8449755B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Andreas Fischer · Heppenheim, DE
• Itamar Michael Malkowsky · Haßloch, DE
• Florian Stecker · Mannheim, DE
• Siegfried R. Waldvogel · Gau-Algesheim, DE
• Axel Kirste · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 28, 2009
• Grant date: May 28, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C25B3/23
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for preparing biaryl alcohols, in which anodic dehydrodimerization of substituted phenols is carried out in the presence of partially fluorinated and/or periluorinated mediators and a supporting electrolyte at a graphite electrode.