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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence W Gosser, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423591 ; 2606 / ; 423587 ;
Abstract
In a process for the manufacture of hydrogen peroxide wherein a compound containing the anthracene nucleus is hydrogenated to the corresponding 9,10-dihydroanthracene and the resulting 9,10-dihydroanthracene is oxidized to the corresponding 9-(or 10-) hydroperoxide; the step which comprises contacting the hydroperoxide thus produced with an acid catalyst to produce hydrogen peroxide and the starting compound containing the anthracene nucleus.