RECOVERY OF ACETOPHENONE DURING THE PRODUCTION OF PHENOL

A method for producing acetophenone comprising: treating one or more alkylbenzenes comprising s-butylbenzene to produce a feed comprising phenol and acetophenone; separating a crude phenol stream from the feed under crude phenol separation conditions effective to produce a crude phenol heavies; and,...

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Main Authors PAYNE LARRY WAYNE, BLACK JESSE RAYMOND, UNGER PHILLIP EDWARD
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.02.2012
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ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Summary:A method for producing acetophenone comprising: treating one or more alkylbenzenes comprising s-butylbenzene to produce a feed comprising phenol and acetophenone; separating a crude phenol stream from the feed under crude phenol separation conditions effective to produce a crude phenol heavies; and, separating an acetophenone stream directly from the crude phenol heavies under azeotropic distillation conditions.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080739278