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Phenol → Diphenyl carbonate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantPhenyl chloroformateHCID 15891—
ProductDiphenyl carbonateHCID 7597—

Reaction Steps

Example 1 was repeated with 14.1 g of a powdered ditungsten boride from Strem at 140° C. After 2 hours' reaction time, phenol conversion was 8.8%, wherein 4.7 g of phenyl chloroformate and 10.7 g of diphenyl carbonate were formed. Selectivity for carbonates was approximately 98%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05679825
Source datasetuspto-grants-1997_10
ORD IDord-350f5d7b365c4d68b9621222e922d310
Source noteuspto-grants-1997_10