Texaco Inc.

Alfred Arkell

Edwin R Kerr

John M Crone, Jr

Peter A Riedl

Method of producing phenol and cyclohexanone in enhanced yields consisting essentially of contacting cyclohexylbenzene, preferably in the presence of a member selected from the group consisting of cumene and cumene hydroperoxide, with an oxygen containing gas to form 1-phenylcyclohexyl hydroperoxide containing intermediate product, optionally purifying said intermediate, contacting the 1-phenylcyclohexyl hydroperoxide intermediate product with an acid cleavage catalyst in the presence of an alkanone of from 3 to 6 carbons and recovering the formed phenol and cyclohexanone.

Phenol and cyclohexanone manufacture

Catalytic activity of a catalyst composition containing a Group VIII metal on an acidic oxide support consisting essentially of a silica alumina cracking catalyst may be increased by the process which comprises

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Wappingers Falls, NY, United States of America

Alfred Arkell