Process for Production of Aromatic Carbonate

摘要

The present invention provides a process for the production of an aromatic carbonate, comprising the steps of: continuously feeding an aliphatic carbonate represented by following general formula (1) as a starting material, an aromatic monohydroxy compound represented by following general formula (2) as a reactant, and a metal-containing catalyst into a stage above the bottom of a first multi-stage distillation column so as to bring about reaction; continuously withdrawing from the reaction system in a gaseous form a low boiling point component containing an alcohol by-produced in the reaction; and continuously withdrawing from a lower portion of the column in a liquid form an aromatic carbonate represented by following general formula (3) obtained from the starting material and the reactant Ar¹OH (2) wherein R¹ in general formulae (1) and (2) represents an aliphatic group having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and Ar¹ represents an aromatic group having 5 to 30 carbon atoms wherein R² and Ar² in general formulae (3) are the same as R¹ and Ar¹ in the starting material and the reactant, respectively.