Formaldehyde → M-Cresol

HRID 488343Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 488343 reaction equation
[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH2:8]=[O:9]>>[CH:6]1[C:1]([OH:7])=[CH:2][CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]=1[CH3:8].[CH2:8]=[O:9]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 712FormaldehydeHCID 996Phenol

Product 2

HCID 342M-CresolHCID 712Formaldehyde

Procedure

Among these, for example, a novolak resin obtained from phenol and formaldehyde, a novolak resin obtained from m-cresol n and formaldehyde, a novolak resin obtained from p-cresol and formaldehyde, a novolak resin obtained from o-cresol and formaldehyde, a novolak resin obtained from octylphenol and formaldehyde, a novolak resin obtained from an m-/p-cresol mixture and formaldehyde, a novolak resin obtained from a phenol/cresol (any one of m-, p-, o- or m-/p-, m-/o-, o-/p-mixture) mixture and formaldehyde, and the like are preferable.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1d2329d2ff4f447695d16d37887b5ae6
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2005_12
Patent number
US06972167B2

Reaction notes

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