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HRID 260562Generated: October 26, 2026

Phenol → Diphenyl carbonate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantPhenyl chloroformateHCID 15891—
CatalystZirconium oxideHCID 6452892—
ProductDiphenyl carbonateHCID 7597—

Reaction Steps

Example 1 was repeated at 140° C. with 14.1 g of a powdered zirconium dioxide from the Aldrich company. After 2 h reaction time, the phenol conversion was 6.3%, whereby 3.2 g phenyl chloroformate and 7.8 g diphenyl carbonate were formed. The selectivity to carbonate esters was greater than 99%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05527942
Source datasetuspto-grants-1996_06
ORD IDord-f90d2dd4a3f44694b51e220f37cc9056
Source noteuspto-grants-1996_06