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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:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stanley S King, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585428 ; 585426 ;
Abstract
A (methyl-substituted)diphenyl methane such as methyldiphenylmethane is prepared by a coupling reaction wherein a methyl-substituted benzene such as toluene is contacted with a solid heterogeneous catalyst having labile oxygen such as an oxide of vanadium, rhenium or molybdenum. By-product formation, especially the formation of carbon dioxide, is significantly reduced by the practice of this process.