M-Cresol → Formaldehyde;phenol

HRID 1761798Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1761798 reaction equation
[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[OH:8][C:9]1C=CC(C(C2C=CC(O)=CC=2)(C)C)=CC=1.C1C(O)=CC=C(C)C=1.C1C(O)=CC=CC=1C.C=O>>[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH2:9]=[O:8]

Participants

6

Reactant 5

HCID 342M-CresolHCID 712FormaldehydeHCID 996PhenolHCID 2879P-CresolHCID 6623Bisphenol A

Product 1

HCID 172281Formaldehyde;phenol

Procedure

Mixed phenol composed of 75% by weight of bisphenol A, 15% by weight of p-cresol and 10% by weight of m-cresol was reacted with formaldehyde in the presence of a basic catalyst. The reaction product was purified and dissolved in a solvent to produce a solution of a resol-type phenol/formaldehyde resin.

Workup

  1. customThe reaction product was purified
  2. dissolutiondissolved in a solvent

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3871f114c0974a2ab423ad8bf939d1ae
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1989_05
Patent number
US04828136

Reaction notes

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