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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:
Nov. 24, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence W Gosser, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423591 ; 568809 ;
Abstract
Process comprising contacting and reacting a diarylketone of the formula RCOR', wherein each of R and R' is aryl, the same or different, and hydrogen over at least a catalytic amount of lead-poisoned palladium catalyst, for example, Lindlar catalyst, at a hydrogen gage pressure in the range from about 150 kPa to about 15,000 kPa, preferably from about 340 kPa to about 3400 kPa, at a temperature in the range from about 50.degree. C. to about 200.degree. C., preferably from about 100.degree. C. to about 150.degree. C., to produce diarylmethanol of the formula RCHOHR', wherein R and R' are as defined above.