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HRID 618416Generated: October 25, 2026

Formaldehyde → (Hydroxymethyl)melamine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantMelamineHCID 7955—
Product(Hydroxymethyl)melamineHCID 70300—

Reaction Steps

Applicant's copending application Ser. No. 08/704,259 of Aug. 26, 1996 which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/468,141 filed Jun. 6, 1995 describes a method for preparing an A-stage stabilized phenolic resin melamine dispersion which includes reaction of a portion of the melamine with formaldehyde to produce methylolmelamine in the phenolic resin to reduce the free formaldehyde content in the resin to less than 0.5% by weight of the composition.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05952440
Source datasetuspto-grants-1999_09
ORD IDord-0b053db13bbf4f69a417d0e9c09e2723
Source noteuspto-grants-1999_09