O-Cresol → 7-Ethyl-1-benzofuran

HRID 1606201Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1606201 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]=1[OH:9])[CH3:2].[C:10]1(C)C(O)=CC=C[CH:11]=1>>[CH2:10]([C:5]1[C:4]2[O:9][CH:2]=[CH:1][C:3]=2[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1)[CH3:11]

Participants

3

Procedure

h. 7-Ethyl-benzofuran is prepared by the method described in J. Chem. Soc. 1920, 1534, but using o-ethylphenol of o-cresol. The MS. of the product thus obtained shows the following ion peaks with the relative intensities given within brackets: 131 (100%), 146 (38%) and 77 (10%).

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5186930507f04cd0b2818b1573dfad2b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_04
Patent number
US03952026

Reaction notes

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