The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary R Buske, Midland, MI (US);
Jeffrey M Marra, Midland, MI (US);
Guo-shuh J Lee, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568635 ;
Abstract
The invention is a process to recover 4-phenoxybiphenyl from a phenoxybiphenyl mixture which includes at least 30% by weight of 4-phenoxybiphenyl, the balance being 2-phenoxybiphenyl, 3-phenoxybiphenyl and a minor amount of other compounds. The process involves recrystallizing 4-phenoxybiphenyl as a solid in a single recrystallization step from a solution formed from the mixture and an alcohol solvent. The recovered solid has a 4-phenoxybiphenyl content of at least about 85% by weight of recovered solid and a yield of at least 40% based on the amount of 4-phenoxybiphenyl in the mixture.