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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2011
Applicants:

Keith Holroyd Kuechler, Friendswood, TX (US);

Francisco Manuel Benitez, Cypress, TX (US);

Kun Wang, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

James R. Lattner, LaPorte, TX (US);

Christopher Lynn Becker, Manhattan, KS (US);

Inventors:

Keith Holroyd Kuechler, Friendswood, TX (US);

Francisco Manuel Benitez, Cypress, TX (US);

Kun Wang, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

James R. Lattner, LaPorte, TX (US);

Christopher Lynn Becker, Manhattan, KS (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 2/74 (2006.01); C07C 31/08 (2006.01); C07C 37/08 (2006.01); C07C 37/86 (2006.01); C07C 407/00 (2006.01); C07C 45/53 (2006.01); C07C 45/85 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 31/08 (2013.01); C07C 2/74 (2013.01); C07C 37/08 (2013.01); C07C 37/86 (2013.01); C07C 45/53 (2013.01); C07C 45/85 (2013.01); C07C 407/00 (2013.01); C07C 2101/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are processes for producing phenol. The processes include oxidizing cyclohexylbenzene to produce an oxidation composition comprising cyclohexyl-1-phenyl-1-hydroperoxide. The cyclohexyl-1-phenyl-1-hydroperoxide in the oxidation composition may undergo a cleavage reaction to produce a cleavage reaction mixture comprising phenol, cyclohexanone and at least one contaminant. The cleavage reaction mixture may be contacted with a basic material to convert at least a portion of the contaminant to a converted contaminant, thereby producing a modified reaction mixture.


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