Abstract:
The 2,2'',4,4''-tetrachloro-5,5''-diamino-diphenyl ether which is useful as starting material for the production of polyamides and polyurethanes and which may be obtained by the reduction of the corresponding dinitro compound.
Abstract:
Manufacture of highly-purfied 2-hydroxydiphenyl, wherein compounds or compound mixtures, which consist of wholly and/or partially hydrogenated 2-hydroxydiphenyl, are dehydrogenated in the vapour phase with the use of dehydrogenation catalysts containing the elements nickel, chromium, aluminium, copper and alkali metal sulphate and/or alkali metal carbonate, and wherein the resulting product mixture thus obtained is subjected to fractional distillation and the distillation residue is subsequently crystallised.