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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Holub, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Steven R Alferi, Friendswood, TX (US);
Bonnie G McKinnie, Hegenheim, FR;
Hassan Y Elnagar, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Albmarle Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568725 ; 568722 ; 568723 ; 568727 ; 568779 ; 568776 ; 568726 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for the production of tetrabromobisphenol-A by the bromination of bisphenol-A, which process features: (a) feeding to a reaction mass (i) bisphenol-A and (ii) a stream of gaseous bromine, the gaseous stream having a Reynold's No. .gtoreq.40,000; (b) the reaction mass containing from about 50 to about 20,000 ppm unreacted bromine and less than 20 wt % HBr; and (c) the reaction mass having precipitated therefrom tetrabromobisphenol-A, all of (a)(ii), (b) and (c) occurring during the bisphenol-A feed.