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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
UBE Industries, Ltd., Yamaguchi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 3/700 ;
Abstract
There are disclosed a process for producing a dihydric phenol which comprises oxidizing a monohydric phenol by a peroxide compound in the presence of a &bgr;-zeolite, a ketone and a phosphoric acid, and a process for producing a dihydric phenol which comprises oxidizing a monohydric phenol in the presence of a &bgr;-zeolite, a ketone and a phosphoric acid, by feeding a monohydric phenol, hydrogen peroxide, a ketone and a phosphoric acid into a reactor in which a &bgr;-zeolite is charged, to oxidize the monohydric phenol into a dihydric phenol, and delivering the resultant reaction mixture from the reactor.