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Improved recycle processes for preparing hydrogen peroxide to hydrogenating alkylanthraquinone in a solvent to form hydrogenated alkylanthraquinone, treating the resulting liquid with an oxygen-containing gas to form hydrogen peroxide and regenerate the quinone, extracting the hydrogen peroxide with water, and recycling the quinone, wherein the quinones are 2-ethylanthraquinone (EAQ) and 2-ethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroanthraquinone (H4EAQ) and losses of quinone are made up exclusively with H4EAQ, the solvent being methylcyclohexyl acetate and a nine carbon-atom alkylbenzene, these processes providing reduced losses of the active intermediate and improved operation of the hydrogen peroxide production unit.
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