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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:
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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Tasaka, Akira. (1976). Process for selective methylation of phenols (U.S. Patent No. 3959394). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/3959394

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