PHENOL AND CYCLOHEXANONE MIXTURES

摘要

Disclosed herein is a process for producing phenol. The process includes oxidizing at least a portion of a feed comprising cyclohexylbenzene to produce an oxidation composition comprising cyclohexyl-1 -phenyl- 1 -hydroperoxide. The oxidation composition may then be cleaved in the presence of an acid catalyst to produce a cleavage reaction mixture comprising the acid catalyst, phenol and cyclohexanone. At least a portion of the cleavage reaction mixture may be neutralized with a basic material to form a treated cleavage reaction mixture. In various embodiments, the cleavage reaction mixture contains 1 wt% to 30 wt% phenol, 1 wt% to 30 wt% cyclohexanone and a complexation product.