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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1994
Makoto Komatsu, Tsukuba, JP;
Susumu Fujiyama, Niigata, JP;
Koichi Kida, Tsukuba, JP;
Mitsuharu Kitamura, Tsukuba, JP;
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing a 4-formyl-4'-methylbiphenyl from a biphenyl which comprises conducting the carbonylation of the biphenyl with carbon monoxide in the presence of a HF-BF.sub.3 catalyst in a carbonylation reactor to obtain the resulting reaction product solution containing a 4-formylbiphenyl, separating the 4-formylbiphenyl from the reaction product solution, hydrogenating the separated 4-formylbiphenyl to obtain a 4-methylbiphenyl, recycling the 4-methylbiphenyl to the carbonylation reactor, and then conducting both the carbonylation of the biphenyl with carbon monoxide to obtain a formylbiphenyl and the carbonylation of the 4-methylbiphenyl with carbon monoxide to obtain a 4-formyl-4'-methylbiphenyl simultaneously in the presence of the HF-BF.sub.3 catalyst in the carbonylation reactor.