Formaldehyde → Formaldehyde;phenol

HRID 1758354Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.C=O>>[CH2:1]=[O:7].[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 712Formaldehyde2×

HCID 996Phenol2×

Product 1

HCID 172281Formaldehyde;phenol

Procedure

which process comprises reacting an aqueous mixture of phenol and formaldehyde containing a mol ratio of formaldehyde to phenol of 1.7 to 2.8:1 and containing a pH active agent producing a pH between 5.8 and 8.5 until a phenol-formaldehyde polymer is formed;

Workup

additioncontaining a pH active agent

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-472e35f51e1445ee85d34941e9684caa
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1983_02
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04373062

Reaction notes

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