Abstract: The process for preparing 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene, the process comprising contacting at reactive conditions 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene and chlorine gas in the presence of a catalytic amount of at least one Lewis acid, such as ferric trichloride, is improved by using as a cocatalyst a polymeric compound having a plurality of iodinated benzene nuclei, such as an iodinated polystyrene resin.

Abstract: A purified p-phenylphenol is obtained by reduction of the m-phenylphenol percentage from crude or technical grade p-phenylphenol by contacting the mixture with a molar quantity of caustic less than heretofore employed, whereby the m-phenylphenol preferentially reacts to form sodium m-phenylphenate while the p-phenylphenol ends up as a solid in substantially pure form. The amount of the caustic is from about 0.5 to about 10 moles of caustic per mole of m-phenylphenol present. Resin grade p-phenylphenol, i.e., containing less than 2% m-phenylphenol can be obtained from a starting material containing up to 30% m-phenylphenol.