products of mitsui chemicals!

1. phenols

By the cumene process or the Raschig process, phenols can be made from the partial oxidation of benzene of benzoic acid. It can also be made from coal oxidation.

Phenol has antiseptic properties, but continual exposure to phenols caused skin irritation, which is why it is not used as an antiseptic anymore. It is also used to produce drugs like aspirin.

Phenol from Mitsui’s phenol plant is used to feed its bis-phenol plant, as well as supply another company, Asahi Kasei and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical’s polyphenylene ether (PPE) complex.

2. bisphenols

Bis-phenols can be made by reacting two equivalents of phenol with one equivalent of acetone.

It is used in polycarbonate plastic as a primary monomer, and in PVC as a polymerisation inhibitor. It is widely used in many consumer products, like sunglasses, CDs, shatter-resistant baby bottles as well as the inner coating of canned food.

The bis-phenol produced by Mitsui Chemicals is supplied to Teijin Polycarbonate.