Formaldehyde → 2,3-Dimethylbenzaldehyde

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A 2-liter separable flask equipped with a thermometer, a reflux condenser, and a stirrer was charged with 480 parts of 50% formalin, 110 parts of phenol, 202 parts of 98% industrial sulfuric acid, and 424 parts of m-xylene. The resulting mixture was allowed to react at 84 to 88° C. for 4 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was allowed to stand to separate a resin phase and a sulfuric acid aqueous phase. After the resin phase was washed with water 3 times, unreacted m-xylene was removed under the conditions of 20 to 30 mmHg and 120 to 130° C. for 20 minutes. As a result, 480 parts of a phenol-modified xylene-formaldehyde resin having a viscosity of 1,050 mPa·s (25° C.) was obtained.

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