Purification of N-acetyl aminophenols

摘要

A process for increasing the color-free shelf life of a crude N-acetyl aminophenol prepared by the acetylation of an aminophenol wherein the N-acetyl aminophenol contains color-forming impurities which are the products of oxidation of the aminophenol and other side reactions. The process comprises dissolving the crude N-acetyl aminophenol in a solvent containing a reducing agent, heating the solution at about the boiling point, crystallizing the N-acetyl aminophenol from the solution, washing the crystalline N-acetyl aminophenol with solvent containing reducing agent and thereafter separating and drying the crystalline N-acetyl aminophenol.