Issue 7, 2011
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Catalysis Science & Technology

A novel method to synthesize diphenyl carbonate from carbon dioxide and phenol in the presence of methanol†

Guozhi Fan,*a   Haitao Zhao,b   Zhenxiao Duan,a   Tao Fang,a   Minghai Wana  and  Liangnian He*c  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
E-mail: fgzcch@whpu.edu.cn
Fax: +86 27 83956762
Tel: +86 27 83943956

b Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

c Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
E-mail: heln@nankai.edu.cn

Abstract

A novel method for the direct synthesis of diphenyl carbonate (DPC) from carbon dioxide and phenol catalyzed by Lewis acid in the presence of methanol was developed. It was found that the simple Lewis acids are not effective for catalyzing the production of DPC, but (salen)Co(OAc) containing a quaternary phosphonium salt unit anchored on the ligand displayed excellent catalytic activity under mild conditions using dense carbon dioxide as reactant and solvent. A possible mechanism for the formation of DPC was proposed based on the GC-MS analysis and DFT calculation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CY00208B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Jun 2011
Accepted
30 Jun 2011
First published
25 Jul 2011

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011,1, 1138-1141

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A novel method to synthesize diphenyl carbonate from carbon dioxide and phenol in the presence of methanol

G. Fan, H. Zhao, Z. Duan, T. Fang, M. Wan and L. He, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 1138 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00208B

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