Formaldehyde → Formaldehyde;phenol

HRID 1164554Notes

Reaction equation

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

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 996Phenol

Product 1

HCID 172281Formaldehyde;phenol

Procedure

Following the procedure just described above a solution is prepared starting from 43 parts phenol, 47 parts formalin and 10 parts molasses. In the obtained solution the molar ratio phenol/formaldehyde results 0.58:1, the water content is 26.5 percent and formic acid content is below 0.04%.

Workup

customis prepared

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-10185cfb1901492594dd5d57448e8380
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1983_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04370444

Reaction notes

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