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HRID 444426Generated: October 30, 2026

Formaldehyde → Formaldehyde;phenol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
CatalystSulfuric AcidHCID 1118—
ProductFormaldehyde;phenolHCID 172281—

Reaction Steps

A phenol-formaldehyde novolak resin was prepared by reacting 0.66 moles of formaldehyde per mole of phenol utilizing 0.25 parts of a sulfuric acid catalyst based on 100 parts of charged phenol. The mixture was subsequently neutralized, dehydrated to melt, dumped, and allowed to solidify. The resulting resin has the following properties within the stated ranges:

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04264557
Source datasetuspto-grants-1981_04
ORD IDord-ff1132dc179746bcaef1aa00a7633d09
Source noteuspto-grants-1981_04