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HRID 1489893Generated: October 31, 2026

Phenol → Diphenyl carbonate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantPhenyl chloroformateHCID 15891—
CatalystZirconium nitride (ZrN)HCID 94359—
ProductDiphenyl carbonateHCID 7597—

Reaction Steps

Example 1 was repeated with 14.1 g of a powdered zirconium nitride from H. C. Starck at 140° C. After 2 hours' reaction time, phenol conversion was 9.4%, wherein 2.2 g of phenyl chloroformate and 12.5 g of diphenyl carbonate were formed. Selectivity for carbonates was 92.4%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05679825
Source datasetuspto-grants-1997_10
ORD IDord-30a3cd035a2c407badb52bb9f6bf5594
Source noteuspto-grants-1997_10