Process for separating p-benzoquinone from the reaction products of phenol oxidation as quinhydrone

摘要

A process for separating p-benzoquinone as quinhydrone from the reaction solution obtained in the oxidation of phenol with oxygen in the presence of copper salts and of nitriles as the solvent, which comprises suspending and/or dissolving solid hydroquinone in this reaction solution, precipitating the p-benzoquinone contained therein as quinhydrone and separating it from the reaction solution.