Oxidative iodination of phenol (US Patent 4855514)

Patent number: 4855514 Granted: 1989-08-08 Filed: 1988-08-17 Inventors: Mark Rule (Kingsport, TN, US); Regina M. Moncier (Bristol, VA, US) Assignees: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY, US)

Abstract

A process for producing iodophenols which comprises contacting phenol, a source of iodine and molecular oxygen in an aqueous medium to produce an iodophenol.

Claims

1. A process for producing iodophenols which comprises contacting phenol, a source of iodine selected from the group consisting of elemental iodine, hydriodic acid and