PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BIS(4-HYDROXY-3-NITROPHENYL) COMPOUND

摘要

A process for producing a bis(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl) compound, characterized in that a bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) compound comprising two phenyl groups bonded to each other directly or through an electron-donating bridging group, sulfoxide group, sulfone group, or carbonyl group is nitrated with nitric acid in an inert solvent substantially in the absence of any other acid. By the process, the target compound reduced in the content of trinitro-substituted compounds can be produced in high yield. Recrystallizing the compound easily gives in high yield a high-purity product suitable for use as a raw material for a heat-resistant polymer, etc., because the content of trinitro-substituted compounds in that compound is low.