Hydroquinone → Diphenyl carbonate

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The same operation as that in Example 1 was performed using 4.5 g (49 mmol) of phenol, 12.7 mg (0.006 mmol Pd) of 5%-palladium/carbon, 2.0 mg (0.006 mmol) of cerium (III) acetate monohydrate, 127 mg (0.40 mmol) of tetra-n-butylammonium bromide and 21 mg (0.19 mmol) of hydroquinone. After reaction for 3 hours, diphenyl carbonate was obtained with a yield of 12.6% (3.0 mmol). Phenyl salicylate and p-phenoxyphenol were produced as by-products with yields of 0.30% (0.073 mmol) and 0.18% (0.044 mmol), respectively. The selectivity of p-phenoxyphenol was 1.4%.

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