Transesterification of dimethyl oxalate with phenol over Ti-containing phosphate catalysts

Zhao GM; Zhu XM; Wang ZL; Liu G; Liu Y; Jia MJ; Zhang WX

Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, Vol.91, No.1, 77-83, 2007

DOI10.1007/s11144-007-5040-5 Export Citation

Transesterification of dimethyl oxalate with phenol over Ti-containing phosphate catalysts

Zhao GM, Zhu XM, Wang ZL, Liu G, Liu Y, Jia MJ, Zhang WX

The transesterification of dimethyl oxalate (DMO) with phenol is studied on various Ti-containing phosphate (Ti-P-O) catalysts. The weak acid-base characteristics of Ti-P-O catalysts are responsible for the high activity and selectivity to methyl phenyl oxalate (MPO) and diphenyl oxalate (DPO).

Keywords:transesterification;dimethyl oxalate;methylphenyl oxalate;diphenyl oxalate