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Process for preparing p-vinylphenol polymer
Assignee: Maruzen Petrochemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1976-02-27
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Granted: 1977-06-07
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Expires: 1996-02-27
Abstract
Abstract A process for preparing a high purity p-vinylphenol polymer which comprises dehydrogenating crude p-ethylphenol containing at least one of m-ethylphenol and o-ethylphenol to convert the ethylphenol(s) to vinylphenol(s), polymerizing the resulting crude product without removing the o- and/or m-vinylphenols, and purifying the resulting polymerization product.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Kanezaki
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-07 17:56
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C37/00; C07C37/001; C08; C08F; C08F12/00; C08F12/02; C08F12/04; C08F12/14; C08F12/22; C08F12/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
A process for preparing a p-vinylphenol polymer which comprises dehydrogenating crude p-ethylphenol containing at least one of m-ethylphenol and o-ethylphenol to convert the ethylphenol(s) to vinylphenol(s), polymerizing the resulting crude product by heat or cationic polymerization without purification, and then purifying the resulting polymerization product by precipitating the p-vinylphenol with a non-solvent therefor or by the film evaporation method.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
59 words
A process for preparing a p-vinylphenol polymer which comprises dehydrogenating crude p-ethylphenol containing at least one of m-ethylphenol and o-ethylphenol to convert the ethylphenol(s) to vinylphenol(s), polymerizing the resulting crude product by heat or cationic polymerization without purification, and then purifying the resulting polymerization product by precipitating the p-vinylphenol with a non-solvent therefor or by the film evaporation method.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the total amount of the m- and o-ethylphenol isomers in the crude p-ethylphenol is not more than about 95 parts by weight per about 5 parts by weight of the p-ethylphenol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the total amount of the m- and o-ethylphenol isomers in the crude p-ethylphenol is not more than about 50 parts by weight per about 50 parts by weight of the p-ethylphenol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the crude p-ethylphenol is a reaction product obtained by sulfonating ethylbenzene with sulfuric acid and subjecting the sulfonation product to alkali fusion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the crude p-ethylphenol is a reaction product obtained by sulfonating ethylbenzene with sulfuric acid, separating the p-isomer of the sulfonated ethylbenzene by crystallizing and subjecting the p-isomer of the sulfonated ethylbenzene to alkali fusion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the crude p-ethylphenol is a product obtained by sulfonating ethylbenzene with sulfuric acid and subjecting the sulfonation product to alkali fusion, and subjecting the resulting product to simple distillation to remove compounds having a boiling point of not more than about 200° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 6, wherein the compounds having a boiling point of not more than about 200° C are cresol and phenol.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the crude p-ethylphenol has been distilled to remove the o-ethylphenol prior to the dehydrogenation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the crude p- ethylphenol consists of about 64 to about 90.5% by weight of p-ethylphenol and about 4 to about 10% by weight of m-ethylphenol and/or about 4 to about 10% by weight of o-ethylphenol.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the crude p-ethylphenol consists of about 90 to about 98% by weight of p-ethylphenol and about 0.4 to about 1% by weight of o-ethylphenol and/or about 0.4 to about 1% by weight of m-ethylphenol.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the crude p-ethylphenol consists of about 98 to about 99.5% by weight of p-ehtylphenol, about 0.1 to about 0.2% by weight of o-ethylphenol and about 0.4 to about 1% by weight of m-ethylphenol.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the dehydrogenation is carried out by heating the crude p-ethylphenol in the presence of a metal oxide catalyst.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 12, wherein the dehydrogenation is carried out at about 400° to about 700° C.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 13, wherein the dehydrogenation is carried out in the presence of an organic diluent.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the dehydrogenation is carried out until the conversion becomes about 20 to about 70%.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the heat polymerization is carried out at a temperature of about 50° to about 200° C using about 0.05 to about 100 mols of a diluent per mol of the p-vinylphenol.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 16, wherein the diluent is crude p-ethylphenol.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
58 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the polymerization is carried out at a temperature of about 30° to about 80° C using a halide of boron, antimony, iron, tellurium, tin, titanium, bismuth or zinc, sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, phosphorus pentoxide, or hydrochloric acid as a catalyst and 0 to about 1,000% by weight of a diluent.
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