Patents Represented by Attorney B. H. Hendricks
  • Patent number: 4431849
    Abstract: A process for preparing a methyl phenol from a tertiary hydroperoxide in an oxidation product of an alkylbenzene of the general structural formula ##STR1## wherein R is a secondary alkyl group and n is an integer of 1 to 3, which comprises hydrogenating the oxidation product in the presence of a mineral acid medium with a hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Howard A. Colvin