Title:
OXIDATION OF METHYL-SUBSTITUTED BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/176391
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A process for oxidizing methyl-substituted biphenyl compounds comprises contacting a mixture comprising isomers of at least one methyl-substituted biphenyl compound with a source of oxygen, wherein the mixture comprises at least 20 wt% of isomer(s) having a methyl group at a 2-position or a 3-position on at least one benzene ring and at least 50 wt% of isomer(s) having a methyl group at a 4-position on at least one benzene ring, wherein said percentages are based on the total weight of the at least one methylbiphenyl compound in the mixture.
Inventors:
DAKKA JIHAD (US)
PATEL BRYAN (US)
SALCICCIOLI MICHAEL (US)
ZUSHMA STEPHEN (US)
PATEL BRYAN (US)
SALCICCIOLI MICHAEL (US)
ZUSHMA STEPHEN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/020119
Publication Date:
July 26, 2018
Filing Date:
March 01, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC (US)
International Classes:
C07C2/74; B01J23/14; B01J29/18; B01J29/70; C07C7/20; C07C15/06; C07C15/14; C07C51/21; C07C51/43; C07C63/331
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2015112252A1 | 2015-07-30 |
Foreign References:
| JP2001294542A | 2001-10-23 | |||
| JPH0820548A | 1996-01-23 | |||
| US6037513A | 2000-03-14 | |||
| JPH0899914A | 1996-04-16 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3440038A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HASENBERG, Lisa, M. et al. (US)
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