Acetone → BPA phenol

HRID 265832Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 265832 reaction equation
CC(C)=O.[C:5]1([OH:11])[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1.[OH:12][C:13]1[CH:18]=[CH:17][C:16]([C:19]([C:22]2[CH:27]=[CH:26][C:25]([OH:28])=[CH:24][CH:23]=2)([CH3:21])[CH3:20])=[CH:15][CH:14]=1>O>[OH:12][C:13]1[CH:14]=[CH:15][C:16]([C:19]([C:22]2[CH:23]=[CH:24][C:25]([OH:28])=[CH:26][CH:27]=2)([CH3:21])[CH3:20])=[CH:17][CH:18]=1.[C:5]1([OH:11])[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 180AcetoneHCID 996PhenolHCID 6623Bisphenol A

Product 1

HCID 14618994BPA phenol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

reacting acetone and phenol to form a reaction mixture containing bisphenol-A and water, cooling the reaction mixture to form bisphenol-A-phenol adduct crystals and a mother liquor, separating the adduct crystals from the mother liquor and removing phenol from the adduct crystals to obtain bisphenol-A, wherein

Workup

  1. customto form a reaction mixture
  2. temperaturecooling the reaction mixture

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6c106d3b299340bd86505acb2533f358
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_07
Patent number
US05648561

Reaction notes

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