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Phenol → Diphenyl carbonate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantPhenyl chloroformateHCID 15891—
ProductDiphenyl carbonateHCID 7597—

Reaction Steps

Example 1 was repeated at 160° C. After 2 h reaction time, the phenol conversion was 11.9%, wherein 0.6 g of phenyl chloroformate and 18.6 g of diphenyl carbonate were formed. The selectivity to give the carbonate and phenyl chloroformate was greater than 99%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05478961
Source datasetuspto-grants-1995_12
ORD IDord-c4176ebabe4543e7905d4b2d8d183660
Source noteuspto-grants-1995_12