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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585 25 ; 585 20 ; 585 21 ; 585 23 ; 585 24 ; 585422 ; 585426 ;
Abstract
Diarylethanes of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, are prepared by reacting benzene with a styrene of the formula III ##STR2## where R.sup.1 has the abovementioned meanings, by a process in which the reaction is carried out batchwise or continuously in the liquid or supercritical phase at from 150.degree. to 350.degree. C. and from 5 to 200 bar in the presence of a strongly acidic large-pore zeolite.