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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1970
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred Arkell, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Peter A Riedl, Vienna, OE;
Edwin R Kerr, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2605 / ; 2606 / ; 2606 / ;
Abstract
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.