China Petrochemical Development Corporation

China Petrochemical Development Corporation, Taipei (taiwan)

Yu-Sen Chen

Chih-Wei Chang

Wei-Ying Li

Yu-Chiao Liu

Ding-Chi Huang

Min-Chia Huang

A method for producing 9,9-bis(3-phenyl-4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl)fluorene is provided. The method includes the steps of: performing a condensation reaction with fluorenone and 2-[(2-phenyl)phenoxy]ethanol in the presence of a catalyst and co-catalyst, wherein the catalyst is alkylsulfonic acid, and the co-catalyst is a mercapto-containing compound, thereby effectively reducing the formation of a by-product, such that the product has characteristics of low chroma, high purity, and high yield.

Method for producing 9,9-bis(3-phenyl-4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl)fluorene

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing o-phenyl phenoxyalkyl acrylate, including: transesterifying an acrylate-based compound with a biphenyl alcohol compound in the absence of a solvent and in the presence of a catalyst and a polymerization inhibitor to prepare the o-phenyl phenoxyalkyl acrylate represented by the following formula (II), wherein the catalyst is a compound containing a tin element or a titanium element. According to the method of the present disclosure, the o-phenyl phenoxyalkyl acrylate having transparency and high refractive index can be obtained. Moreover, the method of the present disclosure has the characteristics of high conversion rate and high selectivity, and does not need to add other organic solvents, so that many purification processes can be saved, and the production cost is effectively reduced, which has the value of industrial application.

O-phenyl phenoxyalkyl acrylate and methods for producing the same

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