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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Tasaka, Takatsuki, JA;
Akio Fukui, Ibaragi, JA;
Akira Morii, Takatsuki, JA;
Masahiro Fujiwara, Takatsuki, JA;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, Osaka, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2606 / ; 252462 ; 252475 ; 2606 / ; 2606 / ; 2606 / ;
Abstract
Phenols such as phenol, o-cresol, m-cresol, p-cresol, xylenols, ethylphenol, propylphenol, and butylphenol are selectively methylated in ortho-position with methanol in the vapour phase at an elevated temperature, for example, 300.degree. to 500.degree.C, under a pressure of 0.5 to 20 atmospheres absolute at a space velocity of 100 to 2000 hr.sup..sup.-1 in the presence of a three-component catalyst consisting of cerium oxide, magnesium oxide and germanium oxide, or a four-component catalyst consisting of cerium oxide, magnesium oxide, germanium oxide and tin oxide.