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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuyuki Hirano, Chiba, JP;
Ken Fujimoto, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 3/916 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 3/916 ;
Abstract
Provided is a production process for high quality bisphenol A which is reduced in a sulfonic acid-containing heavy matter contained in the product and which is improved in a hue. In an after-treating step for a reaction mixed solution obtained by condensing excess phenol with acetone in the presence of an acid catalyst, a filtering step by a filter is provided at least in one step between a step for dissolving an adduct of bisphenol A and phenol by using a phenol-containing solution and a step for crystallizing and separating the above adduct from this solution.