Raschig Process

F. Raschig, FR 698341 (1930), C.A. 25, 3012 (1931).

Commercial process for the production of phenol by the hydrolysis of chlorobenzene, produced by the chlorination of benzene with hydrochloric acid and air:



W. H. Prahl, US 1963761 (1934); US 2156402 (1939); J. A. Kent, Riegel's Industrial Chemistry (New York, 1962) p 339; W. L. Faith, D. B. Keyes, R. L. Clark, Industrial Chemistry (New York, 3rd ed., 1965) p 586; R. N. Shreve, Chemical Process Industries (New York, 3rd ed., 1967) p 105; Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology vol. 17 (New York, 1982) p 378.