Raschig-Hooker process

English

Etymology

Named after the German chemist Friedrich Raschig. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Who is Hooker?”)

Proper noun

the Raschig-Hooker process

1. A chemical process for the production of phenol, involving the initial production of chlorobenzene from benzene, hydrochloric acid and oxygen, and then the hydrolysis of chlorobenzene to phenol.