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HRID 1489897Generated: October 30, 2026

Phenol → Diphenyl carbonate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantPhenyl chloroformateHCID 15891—
CatalystMethane--molybdenum (1/2)HCID 159430—
ProductDiphenyl carbonateHCID 7597—

Reaction Steps

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%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05679825
Source datasetuspto-grants-1997_10
ORD IDord-a3bd51a1fbd94c939eb91ab88923c7f5
Source noteuspto-grants-1997_10