Process for preparing and recovering 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha-alkyls

Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Oxygen containing

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

568724, C07C 39215

Patent

active

057236933

ABSTRACT:
A process for preparing a 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha-alkylstilbene or 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha,alpha'-dialkylstilbene which includes the steps of (A) reacting at a temperature of from -20.degree. C. to 20.degree. C. a mixture of: (1) at least one alpha-haloketone; (2) at least one compound containing one phenolic hydroxyl group or aromatic alkoxy group per molecule such that the mole ratio of phenolic hydroxyl group-containing or aromatic alkoxy group-containing compound(s):alpha-haloketone(s) is at least 0.1:1; and (3) either (a) at least one strong protonic acid or (b) at least one Lewis acid, or (c) any combination thereof; thereby forming a reaction product containing at least one halogen-containing bisphenol compound which, upon being dehydrohalogenated, forms a 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha-alkylstilbene or 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha, alpha'-dialkylstilbene; (B) reducing the acid content of the product resulting from step (A) to less than 10,000 ppm; (C) dehydrohalogenating the product obtained from step (B), thereby forming a dehydrohalogenated product containing 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha-alkylstilbene or 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha,alpha'-dialkylstilbene; (D) adding water to the product of step (C) in amounts sufficient to crystallize at least a portion of the, 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha-alkylstilbene or 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha,alpha'-dialkylstilbene and recovering the crystals and the remaining organic phase separately; (E) independently repeating steps (A), (B), and (C) to obtain a dehydrohalogenated product; (F) mixing at least a portion of organic phase obtained in step (D) with the product obtained in step (E); and (G) adding water to the mixture obtained in step (F) in amounts sufficient to crystallize at least a portion of the 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha-alkylstilbene or 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha,alpha'-dialkylstilbene and recovering the crystals.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2623908 (1952-12-01), Stoesser et al.
patent: 2812364 (1957-11-01), Farnham et al.
patent: 3221061 (1965-11-01), Grover et al.
patent: 3326986 (1967-06-01), Dugan et al.
patent: 5059721 (1991-10-01), Powell et al.
patent: 5198591 (1993-03-01), Kiedik et al.
patent: 5288926 (1994-02-01), Patrascu et al.
patent: 5414150 (1995-05-01), Hefner, Jr. et al.
patent: 5463091 (1995-10-01), Earls et al.
patent: 5475155 (1995-12-01), Hefner, Jr. et al.
Harrison, I. T., Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, p. 616 (1969).
Kawasaki, I. et al., Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, vol. 44, pp. 1986-1987 (1971).
McOmie, J. F. W. et al., Tetrahedron, vol. 24, pp. 2289-2292 (1968).
Percec, V. et al., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., vol. 205, pp. 47-66 (1991).
Zaheer, S. H. et al., Journal of the Chemical Society, Part I, pp. 3360-3362 (1954).
US Patent Application entitled, "Process for the Preparation and Purification of 4,4'-Dihydroxy-Alpha-Substituted Stilbene" filed Feb. 29, 1996; Serial No. 08/608,807; Applicants: A. P. Haag et al.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Process for preparing and recovering 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha-alkyls does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Process for preparing and recovering 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha-alkyls, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Process for preparing and recovering 4,4'-dihydroxy-alpha-alkyls will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2249797

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.