PRODUCTION OF AROMATIC CARBONIC ESTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject compound in high yield through a simple process by reaction between an aromatic hydroxy compound, carbon monoxide and oxygen in the presence of a specific catalyst. SOLUTION: This compound is obtained by reaction between an aromatic hydroxy compound [pref. 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane (bisphenel A) or the like], carbon monoxide and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst composed of (A) a polyuclear metal complex compound with a Lewis acidity-manifesting atom and palladium atom as the metallic center and (B) a redox catalyst; wherein the component A is e.g. bis(disphenylphosphinomethane) (trichlorotin) dipalladium chloride, while the component B is pref. Mn(tropolonato ion)3 or the like; and it is preferable that the molar ratios: A/aromatic hydroxy compound and B/A are 10-6 to 10-2 on a pd basis and 0.5-50 on a pd basis, respectively.