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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert Schnatterer, Leverkusen, DE;
Helmut Fiege, Leverkusen, DE;
Frank Jelitto, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Peter Skornia, Bonn, DE;
Karl-Heinz Theisen, Koln, DE;
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568438 ; 203 91 ; 210702 ; 210737 ; 568432 ;
Abstract
A process for separating off poorly soluble by-products from reaction mixtures which are produced in the oxidation of p-cresol with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in methanol as solvent in the presence of alkali metal hydroxide and in the presence of metal compounds as catalyst, is characterized in that, after the oxidation, excess alkali is neutralized to the extent that a salt precipitate forms and this salt precipitate is separated off together with the poorly soluble by-products.