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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1983
Gerd Leston, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Koppers Company, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Phenols alkylated in the ortho and/or para positions are produced in good yields and in the absence of isomers from phenolic compounds having at least two alkylateable ortho-ortho or ortho-para positions open. The phenolic compound is first partially chlorinated or brominated and the desired halogenated phenol having at least one open position ortho or para is reacted with an aldehyde having one to four carbon atoms and a secondary non-aromatic amine. The reaction is conducted in the liquid phase with a stoichiometric amount of the phenolic compound and stoichiometric or excess of stoichiometric amounts of the aldehyde and the amine. The reaction is performed at a temperature of from about 0.degree. C. to about 100.degree. C. to produce an aminoalkylated halogenated phenolic compound. This aminoalkylated halogenated phenolic compound is contacted with hydrogen in the presence of a metal catalyst at a temperature of about 100.degree. C. to about 175.degree. C. and at a hydrogen pressure of less than 500 psig to produce the desired phenol having at least one alkyl group ortho or para and at least one open position ortho or para.