Phosphoric Acid → 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol

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Approximately 1000 grams of the above described steam distilled reaction mixture was realkylated in a suitable reactor, by the addition of about 270 grams of isobutylene in the presence of a small amount of phosphoric acid and at a temperature of around 60°C, whereby practically all of the p-cresol in said mixture and around 90% of the mono-tert-butyl-p-cresol were realkylated to form additional 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol, thus producing a reacted mixture showing the following analysis:

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