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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marlin E Walters, West Columbia, TX (US);
Richard P Kolonko, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Richard M Wehmeyer, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568321 ;
Abstract
A process for the oxidation of a fluorene compound to a corresponding fluorenone compound comprises treating the fluorene compound with an oxidizing gas in the presence of a solid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal oxide or hydroxide or a concentrated aqueous solution thereof in a reaction mixture in a non-aqueous heterocylic nitrogenous solvent, wherein the reaction mixture is free of a phase transfer agent, for a time sufficient and at a temperature sufficient to convert the fluorene compound to the fluorenone compound.