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HRID 1608646Generated: October 30, 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-bcae8600ed3f4b608423248f00cb390b
Source noteuspto-grants-1995_03