Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a bonded body which has a high airtightness and exhibits excellent durability under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. This problem is solved by a bonded body in which a complex of a zeolite and an inorganic porous support, and a dense member are bonded together by an inorganic glass or an inorganic adhesive. The inorganic glass or the inorganic adhesive has a thermal expansion coefficient of 30×10?7/K to 90×10?7/K, and the inorganic glass has a softening point of 550° C. or lower. The present invention also addresses the problem of providing a method of efficiently producing an alcohol by installing a separation membrane in an alcohol synthesis reactor based on a bonding method that gives good sealing performance and durability under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions and in the presence of methanol vapor.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a bisphenol compound stably at a high conversion and with high selectivity over a long period. A process for producing a bisphenol compound by feeding a phenol compound and a carbonyl compound continuously to a reactor packed with an acid catalyst, characterized in that the acid catalyst is a sulfonic-acid-form cation-exchange resin in which part of the sulfo groups have been modified with at least any one of 2-pyridylalkanethiol compounds and 3-pyridylalkanethiol compounds.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a bisphenol compound stably at a high conversion and with high selectivity over a long period. A process for producing a bisphenol compound by feeding a phenol compound and a carbonyl compound continuously to a reactor packed with an acid catalyst, characterized in that the acid catalyst is a sulfonic-acid-form cation-exchange resin in which part of the sulfo groups have been modified with at least any one of 2-pyridylalkanethiol compounds and 3-pyridylalkanethiol compounds.