Manufacture of hydrogen peroxide

Claim 1

IN A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FROM A SECONDARY ALCOHOL IN LIQUID PHASE, THE STEPS OF REACTING SAID ALCOHOL WITH OXYGEN NON-PHOTOCHEMICALLY IN A LIQUID PHASE CONTAINING ONLY SECONDARY SLCOHOL AS PROGENITOR OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AT A REACTION TEMPERATURE UPWARDS FROM ABOUAT 70*C. IN A REACTION ENVIROMENT IN QHICH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IS RELATIVELY STABLE, INTRODUCING OXYGENCONTAINING GAS AND FURTHER AMOUNTS OF SAID SECONDARY ALCOHOL INTO THE LIQUID OBODY COMPRISING SAID SECONDARY ALCOHOL AND SAID HYDROGEN PERIOXIDE AT RATES SO AS TO HOLD THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID LIQUID BODY SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT DURING THE MAJOR PART OF THE CONTACT PERIOD, WITHDRAWING LIQUID PARODUCT FROM THE REACTION SYSTEM AT A RATE ADJUSTED TO MAINTAIN THE VOLUME OF SAID LIQUID BODY SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT, AND RECOVERING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FROM SAID LIQUID PRODUCT.