RECOVERY OF MATERIALS FROM A MOTHER LIQUOR RESIDUE OBTAINED DURING BISPHENOL A SYNTHESIS

摘要

A process for recovery of materials from a mother liquor residue comprising cracking a mother liquor residue with an aromatic sulfonic acid catalyst to form a cracked product mixture and separating phenol from the cracked product mixture wherein the mother liquor residue results from distillation of a mother liquor resulting from bisphenol A synthesis and isolation.