Phenol Alkylation

Technology Introduction
Alkyl phenol is produced by the alkylation of phenol by reacting with olefin, aliphatic alcohol, or chloro-hydrocarbon. They are important intermediates for the chemical synthesis, widely applied in the manufacture of surfactant, anti-oxidation agent, paint and coating. SL-TECH offers the technology of phenol’s alkylation into o-cresol, and cresol’s alkylation into 2-t-butyl-p-cresol, 6-t-butyl-m-cresol, 2-6-di-t-butyl-p-cresol, 2,3,6-trimethylphenol (2,3,6-TMP) etc. Also, SL-TECH supplies the technology of producing m-cresol / p-cresol by the isomerization of o-cresol.

Technical Features

Hereinafter 2,3,6-TMP production technology will be introduced as an example. 2,3,6-TMP is mainly used in pharmaceutical industry to synthesize vitamin E; it is the monomer for production of thermoresistant PPE engineering plastic and the feedstock for plastic alloy production; also 2,3,6-TMP is the necessary intermediates for the manufacture of some pesticides, disinfectants and etc. 
Compared to the process starting from phenol and methanol, SL-TECH offers the one-step process from m-cresol and methanol under gas phase catalysis. The catalyst is based on Fe2O3, with the conversion of m-cresol reaching 98% and yield reaching 98%.

Product Specification (2,3,6-TMP)