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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Steck, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Helmut Lermer, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Matthias Schwarzmann, Limburgerhof, DE;
Toni Dockner, Meckenheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568783 ; 568716 ; 568791 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of mixtures of isomeric cresols with a molar ratio of para- to meta-cresol of from 0.6:1 to 10:1 by isomerization of cresol mixtures or ortho- and/or metal-cresol on zeolite catalysts of the pentasil type in the gas phase at from 300.degree. to 600.degree. C. under from 0.01 to 50 bar entails the mean particle size of the zeolite catalyst being at leat 3 .mu.m, and the selectivity in the established test for the disproportionation of ethylbenzene to diethylbenzene isomers being at least 60% for para-diethylbenzene.