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HRID 2393913Generated: October 28, 2026

Phenol → 4-Hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantSulfuric AcidHCID 1118—
Product4-Hydroxybenzenesulfonic acidHCID 476560%

Reaction Steps

Thus, using 1.8 mole % of sulfuric acid based on the phenol to form the phenolsulfonic acid to be the catalyst, a yield of 60% was obtained after 2 hours of reaction at a mole ratio of 2:1 of acetic acid to the phenol, and a 74% yield was obtained after 4 hours at a mole ratio of 2.5:1.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05808130
Source datasetuspto-grants-1998_09
ORD IDord-7705f9dd1f8c47a8b008b6e9f6684de2
Source noteuspto-grants-1998_09