Process for obtaining halogenated diphenols

A halogenated diphenol mixture having a significantly reduced quantity of trihalo substituted and tetrahalo substituted diphenol, said mixture containing predetermined, statistical quantities of unreacted diphenol, monohalodiphenol and dihalodiphenol, said halogenated diphenol being represented by the general formula:

• ##STR9## wherein Xm and Xn are each independently a halogen and mixtures thereof;
• Y is independently selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and hydrogen;
• m and n are each 0-2 with the proviso that m+n equal at least 0.1, but more than 2.0;
• and, W is a member selected from the following group:
• (a) --CH.sub.2 --.sub.r wherein r is 0-10 with the proviso that when both Xm and Xn are chlorine and m and n are each 1, r is 0 or 2-10;
• (b) ##STR10## wherein R is a member of the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl and C.sub.6 -C.sub.14 aryl;
• (c) ##STR11## wherein R and R' can each independently be the same as R in (b) above;
• (d) ##STR12## wherein p and q can each independently be 0-1;
• and, (e) --O-- (e) cyclohexylidene;
• (f) 2,2,2-trichloroethylidene;
• (h) dichlorovinylidene.