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HRID 1608642Generated: October 31, 2026

Formaldehyde → Bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)methane

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ProductBis(2-hydroxyphenyl)methaneHCID 75575—

Reaction Steps

a preparation step comprising reacting phenol with formaldehyde in the presence of an acid catalyst and removing the acid catalyst, water and the unreacted phenol from the resulting reaction product to give a crude bisphenol F;

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05395915
Source datasetuspto-grants-1995_03
ORD IDord-c31b1e96d62943c296d16cefb281cd7f
Source noteuspto-grants-1995_03