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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Cedrick Mahieux, Vallejo, CA (US);
Curtis B. Campbell, Contra Costa, CA (US);
Alexander E. Kuperman, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cedrick Mahieux, Vallejo, CA (US);
Curtis B. Campbell, Contra Costa, CA (US);
Alexander E. Kuperman, San Ramon, CA (US);
Chevron Oronite Company LLC, San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a process for preparing an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-linear mono-alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic compound. The process involves the steps of: (a) providing an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-di(alkyl-substituted)aromatic compound; wherein a first alkyl substituent is a Cto Calkyl moiety and a second alkyl substituent is a Cto Clinear alkyl moiety, wherein n is 0 to 42 and further wherein the second alkyl substituent is at least one carbon atom greater than the first alkyl substituent; (b) subjecting the isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-di(alkyl-substituted)aromatic compound to oxidation conditions in the presence of an oxygen-containing source, thereby converting the first alkyl substituent which is a Cto Calkyl moiety to a hydroperoxide-containing substituted moiety to produce an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-linear alkyl-substituted, hydroperoxide-containing substituted aromatic compound; and (c) converting the hydroperoxide-containing substituted moiety to a hydroxyl moiety thereby providing an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-linear mono-alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic compound.