| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a process for producing an aromatic carbonate or aromatic carbonate mixture by a transesterification reaction between a starting material selected from a dialkyl carbonate, an alkyl aryl carbonate and a mixture thereof and a reactant selected from an aromatic hydroxy compound, an alkyl aryl carbonate and a mixture thereof, wherein the starting material and the reactant are continuously fed to a continuous multi-stage distillation column to effect a transesterification reaction therebetween in the presence of a catalyst in the distillation column, while continuously withdrawing the produced aromatic carbonate or aromatic carbonate mixture as a high boiling point product in a liquid form from a lower portion of the distillation column and continuously withdrawing the by-product as a low boiling point product in a gaseous form from an upper portion of the distillation column by distillation, thereby enabling the aromatic carbonate or aromatic carbonate mixture to be produced continuously. By the method of the present invention, an aromatic carbonate, which is useful as a material for the production of aromatic polycarbonates without using poisonous phosgene or as a material for 117 the production of various isocyanates without using poisonous phosgene, can be produced not only at a high reaction rate but also in a high yield with a high selectivity.
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