Disclosed herein is a process for preparing an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-branched mono-alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic compound. The process involves the steps of: (a) providing an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-di(alkyl-substituted)aromatic compound; wherein a first alkyl substituent is a C.sub.3 to C.sub.8 alkyl moiety and a second alkyl substituent is a C.sub.4+n to C.sub.8+n branched alkyl moiety, wherein n is 0 to 42 and further wherein the second alkyl substituent is at least one carbon atom greater than the first alkyl substituent; (b) subjecting the isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-di(alkyl-substituted)aromatic compound to oxidation conditions in the presence of an oxygen-containing source, thereby converting the first alkyl substituent which is a C.sub.3 to C.sub.8 alkyl moiety to a hydroperoxide-containing substituted moiety to produce an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-branched alkyl-substituted, hydroperoxide-containing substituted aromatic compound; and (c) converting the hydroperoxide-containing substituted moiety to a hydroxyl moiety thereby providing an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-branched mono-alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic compound.

Disclosed herein is a process for preparing an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-branched mono-alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic compound. The process involves the steps of: (a) providing an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-di(alkyl-substituted)aromatic compound; wherein a first alkyl substituent is a C.sub.3 to C.sub.8 alkyl moiety and a second alkyl substituent is a C.sub.4+n to C.sub.8+n branched alkyl moiety, wherein n is 0 to 42 and further wherein the second alkyl substituent is at least one carbon atom greater than the first alkyl substituent; (b) subjecting the isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-di(alkyl-substituted)aromatic compound to oxidation conditions in the presence of an oxygen-containing source, thereby converting the first alkyl substituent which is a C.sub.3 to C.sub.8 alkyl moiety to a hydroperoxide-containing substituted moiety to produce an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-branched alkyl-substituted, hydroperoxide-containing substituted aromatic compound; and (c) converting the hydroperoxide-containing substituted moiety to a hydroxyl moiety thereby providing an isomeric mixture comprising a major amount of a para-branched mono-alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic compound.

Disclosed are a device and method for oxidizing an organic substance, particularly a method for preparing ethylbenzene hydroperoxide by reacting ethylbenzene with an oxygen-containing gas. The device comprises a vertical bubbling reactor (1) and a horizontal bubbling reactor (11) connected to a reaction product outlet of the vertical bubbling reactor (1), wherein the horizontal bubbling reactor (11) is internally provided with a plurality of reaction compartments (21) which are arranged along the axial direction thereof, and a liquid phase channel (22) is provided between adjacent reaction compartments (21).

Disclosed are a device and method for oxidizing an organic substance, particularly a method for preparing ethylbenzene hydroperoxide by reacting ethylbenzene with an oxygen-containing gas. The device comprises a vertical bubbling reactor (1) and a horizontal bubbling reactor (11) connected to a reaction product outlet of the vertical bubbling reactor (1), wherein the horizontal bubbling reactor (11) is internally provided with a plurality of reaction compartments (21) which are arranged along the axial direction thereof, and a liquid phase channel (22) is provided between adjacent reaction compartments (21).

A continuous flow production process for preparing organic peroxides directly from alcohols or alkanes takes very safe alcohols or alkanes as starting materials, and directly reacts to obtain designated peroxides. The production process is carried out in an integrated continuous flow reactor, and a safe starting source of alcohol or alkane is continuously added at the feed inlet of the integrated continuous flow reactor, and continuously provided with a designated peroxide at the discharge port of the integrated continuous flow reactor.

A continuous flow production process for preparing organic peroxides directly from alcohols or alkanes takes very safe alcohols or alkanes as starting materials, and directly reacts to obtain designated peroxides. The production process is carried out in an integrated continuous flow reactor, and a safe starting source of alcohol or alkane is continuously added at the feed inlet of the integrated continuous flow reactor, and continuously provided with a designated peroxide at the discharge port of the integrated continuous flow reactor.

A continuous flow production process for preparing organic peroxides directly from alcohols or alkanes takes very safe alcohols or alkanes as starting materials, and directly reacts to obtain designated peroxides. The production process is carried out in an integrated continuous flow reactor, and a safe starting source of alcohol or alkane is continuously added at the feed inlet of the integrated continuous flow reactor, and continuously provided with a designated peroxide at the discharge port of the integrated continuous flow reactor.

A continuous flow production process for preparing organic peroxides directly from alcohols or alkanes takes very safe alcohols or alkanes as starting materials, and directly reacts to obtain designated peroxides. The production process is carried out in an integrated continuous flow reactor, and a safe starting source of alcohol or alkane is continuously added at the feed inlet of the integrated continuous flow reactor, and continuously provided with a designated peroxide at the discharge port of the integrated continuous flow reactor.

Provided herein is a cyclic imide slurry composition and processes for forming and/or using such a composition. The slurry composition comprises solid cyclic imide and organic liquid, such as liquid alkylbenzene, liquid cyclohexane, and/or liquid organic alcohol (such as cyclohexanol). The slurry composition may find particular use in processes in which the cyclic imide serves as an oxidation catalyst (e.g., as a radical initiator). For instance, the slurry composition may be useful in the oxidation of a liquid alkylbenzene such as cyclohexylbenzene to corresponding 1-cyclohexyl-1-phenyl hydroperoxide. Such an oxidation reaction may further be part of an integrated process for the production of phenol and/or cyclohexanone from benzene via hydroalkylation to form cyclohexylbenzene.

Provided herein is a cyclic imide slurry composition and processes for forming and/or using such a composition. The slurry composition comprises solid cyclic imide and organic liquid, such as liquid alkylbenzene, liquid cyclohexane, and/or liquid organic alcohol (such as cyclohexanol). The slurry composition may find particular use in processes in which the cyclic imide serves as an oxidation catalyst (e.g., as a radical initiator). For instance, the slurry composition may be useful in the oxidation of a liquid alkylbenzene such as cyclohexylbenzene to corresponding 1-cyclohexyl-1-phenyl hydroperoxide. Such an oxidation reaction may further be part of an integrated process for the production of phenol and/or cyclohexanone from benzene via hydroalkylation to form cyclohexylbenzene.