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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1976
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1974
Stephen N Massie, Palatine, IL (US);
Universal Oil Products Company, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
Pyromellitic dianhydride is produced by reacting pseudocumene with propylene in the presence of an alkylation catalyst, said propylene being present in a stoichiometric excess, to produce 2,4,5-trimethylcumene and diisopropyl-substituted pseudocumenes, treating the resultant 2,4,5-trimethylcumene and diisopropyl-substituted pseudocumenes with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising a vanadium-containing compound dispersed on an inorganic oxide support to produce a treatment product comprising pyromellitic dianhydride and a polycarboxylated compound, decarboxylating the polycarboxylated compound and recovering the resultant pyromellitic dianhydride.