T. Horie, Kazuaki Yoshida
1974
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Journal of The Japan Petroleum Institute
Abstract
The hydrolysis reaction of 4, 5-bischloromethyl-m-xylene in alkali solution has been studied. The reaction was accelerated by emulsifing the raw material in alkali solution with surface active agent. The yield of 4, 6-bismethylol-m-xylene was about 90mol%, higher about 20mol%, than that obtained without surface active agent. It was found that the reaction-accelerating effect varied with the kind of surface active agent used, the agents of anionic series being more effective than those of nonionic series.Other factors responsible for the reaction were also examined in connection with reaction temperature, concentration of raw materials and alkali, etc.The hydrolysis of chloromethylpseudocumene was made by the same method with the result that its reaction mechanism was somewhat different from that of 4, 6-bischloromethyl-m-xylene.