Process for continuously producing an aromatic carbonate

Abstract From the Canadian patent

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 …