PROCESS, REACTOR AND SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A BISPHENOL

A method for producing bisphenol includes introducing a phenol and a ketone into a fixed, supported catalytic bed reactor system in a downflow mode, reacting the phenol and the ketone to form a reaction mixture, and recovering the bisphenol isomer from the reaction mixture. The preferred bisphenol i...

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Hauptverfasser:	KO, ALLEN WAI-YEE, SZILLAT, MICHAEL D, KISSINGER, GAYLORD MICHAEL, CARVILL, BRIAN T
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS APPARATUS THEREFOR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY METALLURGY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method for producing bisphenol includes introducing a phenol and a ketone into a fixed, supported catalytic bed reactor system in a downflow mode, reacting the phenol and the ketone to form a reaction mixture, and recovering the bisphenol isomer from the reaction mixture. The preferred bisphenol isomer is bisphenol A, or p,p'-bisphenol A, produced from the reaction of phenol and acetone. The reactor for producing the bisphenol A from the reaction of phenol and acetone includes an ion exchange resin catalyst disposed in a bed and packing randomly distributed throughout the ion exchange resin catalyst to improve heat transfer efficiency and reduce compression of the catalyst bed.