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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1976
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1973
Hideaki Suda, Takaishi, JA;
Iwao Dohgane, Nishinomiya, JA;
Takashi Chinuki, Toyonaka, JA;
Kenji Tanimoto, Minoo, JA;
Hirokazu Hosaka, Minoo, JA;
Yukimichi Nakao, Kobe, JA;
Yuji Ueda, Izumiotsu, JA;
Seiya Imada, Sakai, JA;
Hideki Yanagihara, Toyonaka, JA;
Kunihiko Tanaka, Ibaragi, JA;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JA;
Abstract
Resorcinol and hydroquinone are recovered in mixture at a high purity from a solution containing resorcinol and hydroquinone, especially, a solution resulting from cleavage of oxidation products of isopropylbenzene and successive distillation of the cleavage product thereby to remove lower and higher boiling components therefrom, by adding 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of at least one solvent selected from aromatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons having lower alkyl substituent groups, and aliphatic hydrocarbons having 7 to 10 carbon atoms to one part by weight of said solution, if necessary, together with 1 to 30% by weight of at least one compound selected from ketones having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, alcohols having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and aliphatic esters having 3 to 5 carbon atoms, based on the weight of the organic solvent, dissolving the solution into the organic solvent by heating, separating a mixture of resorcinol and hydroquinone as a solid phase from the organic solvent layer after slow cooling, and recovering the solid phase as a product. The resorcinol and hydroquinone in the organic solvent layer are further recovered through extraction with water. When water is used together with the organic solvent from the beginning of extraction, the resorcinol and hydrocarbon are obtained in an aqueous layer.