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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1988
David R Corbin, West Chester, PA (US);
Enio Kumpinsky, Wilmington, DE (US);
Antonio Vidal, Wilmington, DE (US);
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
1,4-Bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene is made in a heterogeneous system by a reaction of diphenyl ether with 1,4-benzenedicarbonyl chloride at 190.degree.-250.degree. C. in the presence of a zeolite catalyst having a ring structure containing 12 oxygen atoms, which can be either an activated zeolite in hydrogen form or an iron-exchanged zeolite, which zeolite can be readily separated from the hot liquid phase in the reaction mixture. The mole ratio of diphenyl ether to 1,4-dicarbonyl chloride, when the catalyst is in hydrogen form, is about 50-80:1; when the catalyst is in iron-exhcanged form, it is about 10-50:1, and the weight ratio of 1,4-benzenedicarbonyl chloride to zeolite in hydrogen form is 3:1 to 1:2, while the ratio of 1,4-benzenedicarbonyl chloride to zeolite in iron-exchanged form is 10:1 to 1:32. The product readily crystallizes in a high state of purity from the cooled solution. 1,4-Bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene is a vaulable intermediate in the synthesis of polyetherketone resins.