7278. Diphenyl Carbonate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 102-09-0
Carbonic acid diphenyl ester; phenyl carbonate.
C13H10O3; mol wt 214.22.
C 72.89%, H 4.71%, O 22.41%.

Description and references

Prepn: Eckenroth, Ber. 27, 3410 (1894); Bischoff, ibid. 35, 3434 (1902); Gomberg, Snow, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 47, 198 (1925).

Chemical structure

Properties

Lustrous needles, mp 80-81°. bp 302-306°; bp15 168°. Practically insol in water. Sol in hot alcohol, benzene, ether, glacial acetic acid.

Use

In the molten state as solvent for nitrocellulose.