Phenol → 2,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid

HRID 1074299Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[C:8]([OH:13])(=[O:12])[C:9]([CH3:11])=O>>[OH:7][C:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]([C:9]([C:4]2[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:1]([OH:7])=[CH:2][CH:3]=2)([CH3:11])[C:8]([OH:13])=[O:12])=[CH:3][CH:2]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 996Phenol

HCID 1060Pyruvic Acid

Product 1

HCID 6566942,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid

Procedure

reacting phenol with pyruvic acid in an acidic medium to obtain 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid;

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-46def1eccd6c453ca8700c7748f0d038
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1990_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04973734

Reaction notes

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