Abstract:
1. A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF 2,2-BIS-(4-HYDROXY3,5-DICHLOROPHENYL)-PROPANE OBTAINED BY CHLORINATING 2,2BIS(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-PROPANE WHICH COMPRISES FORMING A SOLUTION OF SAID 2,2-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3,5-DICHLOROPHENYL)PROPANE BY ADMIXING THE SAME WITH AT LEAST ONE ALIPHATIC HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON SOLVENT THEREOF SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF METHYLENE CHLORIDE, METHYLIODIDE ETHYLBROMIDE, TRANS-1,2-DICHLOROETHYLENE, 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE, 1,2-DIBROMOETHANE, AND 1,4-DICHLOROBUTANE, ADDING WATER THERETO WHEREBY CAUSING A CHLORINATED PRODUCT TO PRECIPITATE AND CRYSTALLIZE THEREFROM; SEPARATING SAID CHLORINATED PRODUCT FROM SAID WATER AND SAID ALIPHATIC HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON SOLVENT AND RECOVERING 2,2-BIS(4-HYDROXY-3,5-DICHLOROPHENYL)PROPANE FROM SAID CHLORINATED PRODUCT.