Phenol → Diphenyl carbonate
Reaction equation
[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.Cl[C:9]([O:11][C:12]1[CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=1)=[O:10]>C.[Mo].[Mo]>[C:9](=[O:10])([O:11][C:12]1[CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=1)[O:7][C:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1Participants
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Reactant 2
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Procedure
Example 1 was repeated with 14.1 g of a dimolybdenum carbide from H. C. Starck at 140° C. After 2 hours' reaction time, phenol conversion was 6.0%, wherein 5.1 g of phenyl chloroformate and 5.8 g of diphenyl carbonate were formed. Selectivity for carbonates was 97.3%.
Workup
- customat 140° C
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-a3bd51a1fbd94c939eb91ab88923c7f5
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1997_10
- Patent number
- US05679825
Reaction notes
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