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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:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568730 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing 4,4'-dihydroxybiphenyl comprising oxidizing 4,4'-diisopropylbiphenyl with molecular oxygen and decomposing the resulting oxidation product in the presence of an acid catalyst is disclosed, in which oxidation of 4,4'-diisopropylbiphenyl is carried out in the presence of ammonia or an ammonium salt. The oxidation product has an increased selectivity of 4,4'-diisopropylbiphenyl dihydroperoxide and, therefore, produces the desired product in high yield upon acid decomposition.