(1) Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry of Jilin Province, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, P. R. China
Abstract:
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).