摘要 |
A process for producing a highly pure phenol, in which a crude phenol obtained from an acid-decomposition product of cumene hydroperoxide and having an alpha -methylstyrene content of 15 % by weight or less is catalytically treated with an acidic gamma -alumina catalyst having a specific surface area of 80 to 400 m<2>/g and an acid strength, according to Hammett's acidity function (Ho), of 3</=Ho</=6.8 to convert aliphatic and aromatic carbonyl compounds contained in the crude phenol into high-boiling compounds without causing the substantial formation of a dimer of alpha -methylstyrene contained in the crude phenol, and then, a phenol and the so-formed high-boiling compounds were separated by distillation. |
申请人 |
MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOKIO/TOKYO, JP |
发明人 |
SHIRAHATA, TATSUO, C/O MITSUI PETROCHEM. IND. LTD., ICHIHARA-SHI, CHIBA-KEN, JP;IMAMURA, TETSUO, C/O MITSUI PETROCHEM. IND. LTD., ICHIHARA-SHI, CHIBA-KEN, JP |