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HRID 1902820Generated: November 2, 2026

Phenol → Phenyl chloroformate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantPhosgeneHCID 6371—
ReactantTriphenylphosphineHCID 11776—
ProductPhenyl chloroformateHCID 1589190.6%

Reaction Steps

The distillation residue is re-used with 500 g of phenol and 540 g of phosgene, without the use of fresh triphenylphosphine. After a phosgenation time of 10 hours, 754 g of distilled chloroformic acid phenyl ester are obtained (purity 99.8%; yield 90.4% of the theoretical yield).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04366102
Source datasetuspto-grants-1982_12
ORD IDord-58002b4183d443eb867c4483a4d2b0b7
Source noteuspto-grants-1982_12