Surfactant improvement for para-aminophenol process

摘要

The compound p-aminophenol is prepared by catalytically hydrogenating nitrobenzene in an acidic reaction medium containing an amine of the formula (I)oup having from 6 to about 20 carbon atoms; R1 and R2 are the same or different, and are represented by the formula -[(CH2)mO]nH, wherein m is an integer of from 1 to about 5 and n is an integer of from 1 to about 10.