Formaldehyde → Bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)methane

HRID 741791Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 741791 reaction equation
[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH2:8]=[O:9]>O>[CH:1]1[CH:2]=[C:3]([CH2:4][C:6]2[C:1]([OH:7])=[CH:2][CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=2)[C:8]([OH:9])=[CH:5][CH:6]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 712FormaldehydeHCID 996Phenol

Product 1

HCID 75575Bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)methane

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

Phenol, formaldehyde and an acidic catalyst are introduced into a reactor and reacted at a predetermined temperature over a desired period of time with stirring. Then the acidic catalyst, the water formed through the reaction and the unreacted phenol are removed to give crude bisphenol F.

Workup

  1. customreacted at a predetermined temperature over a desired period of time
  2. customthe unreacted phenol are removed

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0e6bcae2294b43fa9e235c92f8fd2ba0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_09
Patent number
US05552509

Reaction notes

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