Manufacturing process and uses of phenol

Jorn28 May, 2024News

The most important chemical made from phenol is bisphenol A, which is used to make the polycarbonates. Phenol is also catalytically reduced to cyclohexanol, which is used in the manufacture of polyamides 6 and 6,6. Phenol is also used to make a range of thermosetting polymers (resins). It reacts with methanal in the presence of a catalyst to form phenol-methanal resins. Among the other uses of phenol is the production of phenylamine (aniline) needed, for example, for the manufacture of dyes. Antiseptics such as 2,4-and 2,6-dichlorophenols are also made from phenol.