Cresol toluene

Hydrocarbon waxes produced in a fixed-bed reactor, which has operated since 1955, have found a variety of uses. Also, byproducts from the Sasol Lurgi coal gasifiers are recovered for chemical and solvent applications. These products include phenol, cresols, toluene, xylenes, ammonia, and sulfur. An addition to the spectrum of chemical products from Sasol is polypropylene. Also, ethane is being cracked to supplement ethylene production for sale to polyethylene producers. Additional work is in progress to evaluate the recovery of organic acids from aqueous waste streams. 

In Atul s process of production of para-cresol, toluene is sulfonated with 98-102% H2SO4 to produce a mixture of isomeric toluene sulfonic acids. The acid mixture is neutralized with CaC03/Na2C03 and then fused with caustic soda lye (70% NaOH) with 3-5% KOH to maintain the fluidity of the molten mass. By heating the mixture around 330°C for... 

A. Specific ieveis. In acute symptomatic exposures, toluene or xylene may be detectable in blood drawn with a gas-tight syringe, but usually only for a few hours. The metabolites hippuric acid, ortho-cresol (toluene), and methylhip-puric acid (xylene) are excreted in the urine and can be used to document exposure, but urine levels do not correlate with systemic effects. 

Naflon-H is a very useful catalyst for transalkylation reactions. Transfer of a t-butyl group occurs very easily over Nafion-H at temperatures as low as 330 K. For example, 2,6-di-f-butyl—p-cresol is dealkylated in 0.5 h top-cresol. Toluene acts as abetter acceptor than benzene. ... 

Uses Catalyst for org. synthesis, syn. resins, mfg. of esters, p-cresol, toluene derive, pharmaceutical prods., dyestuffs, photographic industry chemicals chemical intermediate... 

No cresol is obtained if sodium hydroxide alone is used, presumably because the fused sodium hydroxide has no solvent action upon the sodium p-toluene-sulphonate. Potassium hydroxide alone gives excellent results, as do also mixtures of Sodium and potassium hydroxide containing not less than 28 per cent, of potassium hydroxide. The experimental details utilise the minimum amount of potassium hydroxide for the salce of economy. 

Separations based upon differences in the chemical properties of the components. Thus a mixture of toluene and anihne may be separated by extraction with dilute hydrochloric acid the aniline passes into the aqueous layer in the form of the salt, anihne hydrochloride, and may be recovered by neutralisation. Similarly, a mixture of phenol and toluene may be separated by treatment with dilute sodium hydroxide. The above examples are, of comse, simple apphcations of the fact that the various components fah into different solubihty groups (compare Section XI,5). Another example is the separation of a mixture of di-n-butyl ether and chlorobenzene concentrated sulphuric acid dissolves only the w-butyl other and it may be recovered from solution by dilution with water. With some classes of compounds, e.g., unsaturated compounds, concentrated sulphuric acid leads to polymerisation, sulphona-tion, etc., so that the original component cannot be recovered unchanged this solvent, therefore, possesses hmited apphcation. Phenols may be separated from acids (for example, o-cresol from benzoic acid) by a dilute solution of sodium bicarbonate the weakly acidic phenols (and also enols) are not converted into salts by this reagent and may be removed by ether extraction or by other means the acids pass into solution as the sodium salts and may be recovered after acidification. Aldehydes, e.g., benzaldehyde, may be separated from liquid hydrocarbons and other neutral, water-insoluble hquid compounds by shaking with a solution of sodium bisulphite the aldehyde forms a sohd bisulphite compound, which may be filtered off and decomposed with dilute acid or with sodium bicarbonate solution in order to recover the aldehyde. 

An old name for benzene was phene and its hydroxyl derivative came to be called phe nol This like many other entrenched common names is an acceptable lUPAC name Likewise o m and p cresol are acceptable names for the various ring substituted hydroxyl derivatives of toluene More highly substituted compounds are named as deriv atives of phenol Numbering of the ring begins at the hydroxyl substituted carbon and proceeds m the direction that gives the lower number to the next substituted carbon Sub stituents are cited m alphabetical order... 

Write a stepwise mechanism for the conversion of p-toluene sulfonic acid to p-cresol under the conditions shown in the preceding equation... 

PMMA is not affected by most inorganic solutions, mineral oils, animal oils, low concentrations of alcohols paraffins, olefins, amines, alkyl monohahdes and ahphatic hydrocarbons and higher esters, ie, >10 carbon atoms. However, PMMA is attacked by lower esters, eg, ethyl acetate, isopropyl acetate aromatic hydrocarbons, eg, benzene, toluene, xylene phenols, eg, cresol, carboHc acid aryl hahdes, eg, chlorobenzene, bromobenzene ahphatic acids, eg, butyric acid, acetic acid alkyl polyhaHdes, eg, ethylene dichloride, methylene chloride high concentrations of alcohols, eg, methanol, ethanol 2-propanol and high concentrations of alkahes and oxidizing agents. 

Laminates. Laminate manufacture involves the impregnation of a web with a Hquid phenoHc resin in a dip-coating operation. Solvent type, resin concentration, and viscosity determine the degree of fiber penetration. The treated web is dried in an oven and the resin cures, sometimes to the B-stage (semicured). Final resin content is between 30 and 70%. The dry sheet is cut and stacked, ready for lamination. In the curing step, multilayers of laminate are stacked or laid up in a press and cured at 150—175°C for several hours. The resins are generally low molecular weight resoles, which have been neutralized with the salt removed. Common carrier solvents for the varnish include acetone, alcohol, and toluene. Alkylated phenols such as cresols improve flexibiUty and moisture resistance in the fused products. 

Gymene. Methyhsopropylben2ene [25155-15-1] can be produced over a number of different acid catalysts by alkylation of toluene with propylene (63—66). Although the demand for cymene is much lower than for cumene, one commercial plant was started up in 1987 at the Yan Shan Petrochemical Company in the People s RepubHc of China. The operation of this plant is based on SPA technology offered by UOP for cumene. The cymene is an intermediate for the production of y -cresol (3-methylphenol) [108-59-4]. 

The solubihty of alkylphenols in water falls off precipitously as the number of carbons attached to the ring increases. They are generally soluble in common organic solvents acetone, alcohols, hydrocarbons, toluene. Solubihty in alcohols or heptane follows the generalization that "like dissolves like." The more polar the alkylphenol, the greater its solubihty in alcohols, but not in ahphatic hydrocarbons likewise with cresols and xylenols. The solubihty of an alkylphenol in a hydrocarbon solvent increases as the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain increases. High purity para substituted phenols, through Cg, can be obtained by crystallization from heptane. 

Methylphenol. y -Cresol is produced synthetically from toluene. Toluene is chlorinated and the resulting chlorotoluene is hydrolyzed to a mixture of methylphenols. Purification by distillation gives a mixture of 3-methylphenol and 4-methylphenol since they have nearly identical boiling points. Reaction of this mixture with isobutylene under acid catalysis forms 2,6-di-/ f2 -butyl-4-methylphenol and 2,4-di-/ f2 -butyl-5-methylphenol, which can then be separated by fractional distillation and debutylated to give the corresponding 3- and 4-methylphenols. A mixture of 3- and 4-methylphenols is also derived from petroleum cmde and coal tars. 

Methylphenol. T -Cresol is produced synthetically from toluene. Toluene is sulfonated to yield T i ra-toluenesulfonic acid, which is then converted to 4-methylphenol via the caustic fusion route. A minor amount of 4-methylphenol is also derived from petroleum cmde and coal tars. 4-Methylphenol [106-44-5] is available in 55-gal dmms (208-L) and in bulk quantities as a molten material. 

Cresols can be made from propylene by reaction with toluene to produce cumene (111). 

Toluenesulfonic Acid. Toluene reacts readily with fuming sulfuric acid to yield toluene—sulfonic acid. By proper control of conditions, /)i7n7-toluenesulfonic acid is obtained. The primary use is for conversion, by fusion with NaOH, to i ra-cresol. The resulting high purity i7n -cresol is then alkylated with isobutylene to produce 2 (i-dii-tert-huty -para-cmso (BHT), which is used as an antioxidant in foods, gasoline, and mbber. Mixed cresols can be obtained by alkylation of phenol and by isolation from certain petroleum and coal-tar process streams. 

In the future it may be possible to oxidize toluene microbiaHy to produce benzyl alcohol. Treatment of toluene in the presence of air with a culture of Af. thermophila in a phosphate buffer is reported to yield a mixture of benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, and -cresol [106-44-5] (3). 

Most coal chemicals are obtained from high temperature tar with an average yield over 5% of the coal which is carbonized. The yields in coking are about 70% of the weight of feed coal. Tars obtained from vertical gas retorts have a much more uniform chemical composition than those from coke ovens. Two or more coals are usually blended. The conditions of carbonization vary depending on the coals used and affect the tar composition. Coal-tar chemicals include phenols, cresols, xylenols, benzene, toluene, naphthalene, and anthracene. 

Sources of Raw Materials. Coal tar results from the pyrolysis of coal (qv) and is obtained chiefly as a by-product in the manufacture of coke for the steel industry (see Coal, carbonization). Products recovered from the fractional distillation of coal tar have been the traditional organic raw material for the dye industry. Among the most important are ben2ene (qv), toluene (qv), xylene naphthalene (qv), anthracene, acenaphthene, pyrene, pyridine (qv), carba2ole, phenol (qv), and cresol (see also Alkylphenols Anthraquinone Xylenes and ethylbenzenes). 

The (9-cresol novolaks of commercial significance possess degrees of polymerization, n, of 1.7—4.4 and the epoxide functionaUty of the resultant glycidylated resins varies from 2.7 to 5.4. Softening points (Durran s) of the products are 35—99°C. The glycidylated phenol and o-cresol—novolak resins are soluble in ketones, 2-ethoxyethyl acetate, and toluene solvents. The commercial epoxy novolak products possess a residual hydrolyzable chlorine content of <0.15 wt% and a total chlorine content of ca 0.6 wt % (Table 2). 

Acetic acid Acrylic acid Adipic acid Benzene Biphenyl Bisphenol-A Caprolactam Chloroacetic acid p-Chloro toluene p-Cresol... 

Fora (4-Methyl anisole, p-Cresyl methyl ether, p-Methoxy toluene or Methyl-p-Cresol), colorl... 

In mononitration the hazard is due to the extremely violent reaction of the unreacted hydrocarbon with the MA, and to the fact that nitro derivatives of cresols are formed in the process, along with nitro toluenes. The last stage — trinitration — is dangerous due to the drastic conditions of the reaction which requires coned acids and a high temp. The earlier method of trinitration at which temps up to 120° were applied was particularly hazardous. If the mono-nitre toluene hns not b n freed from nitro-cresols, trinitration is still more dangerous, due to the high reactivity of nitrocresols, and their liability to undergo oxidation... 

A sample of polyester (ca. 1 g, exactly weighed) is dissolved in 20 mL toluene-ethanol mixture (1/1 vol.) and titrated by a solution of KOH in ethanol (0.05 mol/L) using a potentiometric titrator. A blank titration must be performed under the same conditions. Hardly soluble polyesters (e.g., PET) must be dissolved in an o-cresol-chloroform mixture or in hot benzyl alcohol.417 The result (acid content) is normally expressed in mmol COOH/g polyester but may also be given as the acid number, defined as the number of milligrams of KOH required to neutralize 1 g of polyester. [Acid number = (number of mmol COOH/g polyester) x 56.106.]... 

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