Formaldehyde → Bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)methane

HRID 1004736

Reaction equation

[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH2:8]=[O:9]>>[CH:1]1[CH:2]=[C:3]([CH2:4][C:6]2[C:1]([OH:7])=[CH:2][CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=2)[C:8]([OH:9])=[CH:5][CH:6]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 996Phenol

Product 1

HCID 75575Bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)methane

Procedure

Phenol and formaldehyde are reacted to produce bisphenol F. Similar results are obtained.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-99fa5c850bcb470197a515644e117c5a
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2000_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06051658

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