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Process for reacting alcohols and/or phenols with phosphorus pentasulfide
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, (2008/06/13)
The invention relates to a process wherein an alcohol and/or phenol is reacted with phosphorus pentasulfide in the presence of a catalyst which is selected from (a) phosphonium salts of the general formula: STR1 (b) ammonium salts of the general formula: STR2 (c) phosphine oxides of the general formula: STR3 (d) phosphine sulfides of the general formula: STR4 (e) phosphinic acid derivatives of the general formula: STR5 In formulae I through V, the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 each stand for identical or different alkyl-, aryl-, alkaryl- or aralkyl- groups having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms. A stands for an inorganic or organic acid, and X and Y, respectively, stand for both oxygen and sulfur, and M stands for a monovalent metal or oxygen.
