Bisphenol A → Phenol

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The process of preparing high purity bisphenol A by crystallizing the adduct of bisphenol A with phenol (hereinafter referred to as bisphenol A-phenol adduct) has been disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Publication SHO 63-26735(1988). That is, a phenol solution of bisphenol A which was prepared in the presence of a hydrochloric acid catalyst is cooled to a range of 35° to 70° C. while feeding 2 to 20% by weight of water to the solution under reduced pressure, precipitated crystals of bisphenol A-phenol adduct are filtered to separate the crystals, and phenol is evaporated from the crystals to obtain high purity bisphenol A.

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