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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chilukuri Ver Avadhani, Pune, IN;
Prakash Purushottam Wadgaonkar, Pune, IN;
Swaminathan Sivaram, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/400 ;
Abstract
1,1 -Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-alkylcyclohexanes, as illustrated by 1,1-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-pentadecylcyclohexane, are prepared by hydrogenating a composition comprising 3-alkylphenols to the corresponding cyclohexanol, oxidizing the cyclohexanol to a cyclohexanone and contacting the cyclohexanone with phenol in the presence of an acidic catalyst. The preferred 3-alkylphenols are those derived from cashew nut shell liquid. The products can be used to prepare polycarbonates.