【Abstract】 The transesterification of phenol and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) to diphenyl carbonate (DPC) was studied using tetrabutyl titanate and tetraphenyl titanate as catalysts. The main product was found to be methyl phenyl carbonate (MPC) which is an intermediate of the reaction. The selectivity for DPC was improved when increasing the phenol/DMC molar ratio or prolonging the reaction time. The phenol conversion, selectivity for MPC and DPC were 47 4%, 90 9% and 9 14%, respectively, when the transesterification reaction approached equilibrium under the conditions of 175 ℃, 25 h and DMC∶phenol∶ Ti(OBu) 4 molar ratio of 1 5∶1∶0 05. The selectivity for DPC could reach 12.2% when the reaction time was 30 h. The tetrabutyl titanate catalyst showed a higher catalytic activity than tetraphenyl titanate.更多还原