Phenol → Diphenyl carbonate

HRID 1489898Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1489898 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]>B#[W]>[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]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 996PhenolHCID 15891Phenyl chloroformate

Product 1

HCID 7597Diphenyl carbonate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 82793Tungsten borideCatalyst

Procedure

Example 1 was repeated with 14.1 g of a powdered tungsten monoboride from Strem at 140° C. After 2 hours' reaction time, phenol conversion was 17.3%, wherein 4.8 g of phenyl chloroformate and 24.2 g of diphenyl carbonate were formed. Selectivity for carbonates was approximately 99%.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-327082fb27a94553b6baff1938e2071a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_10
Patent number
US05679825

Reaction notes

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