Peracetic Acid → 4-tert-Butylcatechol

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Reaction Steps

After the manner of the procedure of Comparative Example 1, the reaction was carried out by using 20 ml of ethyl acetate as a solvent for para-tert.-butyl phenol and 0.5% by weight of Na5R'5 (P3O10)2 (R' = 2-ethylhexyl, tradename "Victor Wet 35B") as a peracetic acid stabilizer based on the amount of butyl phenol used. Consequently, the conversion of parta-tert.-butyl phenol was 7.2%, 4-tert.-butyl pyrocatechol was formed in a yield of 77% based on the converted butyl phenol and the conversion of peracetic acid was 98.5%.

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