Hydrogen Peroxide → Catechol

HRID 1678934Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1678934 reaction equation
[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.OO.S([O-])([O-])(=O)=[O:11].[Al+3].S([O-])([O-])(=O)=[O:17].S([O-])([O-])(=O)=O.[Al+3]>CC(C)CC(=O)C>[C:1]1([C:6](=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1)[OH:11])[OH:7].[C:1]1([CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]([OH:17])=[CH:3][CH:2]=1)[OH:7]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 784Hydrogen PeroxideHCID 996PhenolHCID 24850Aluminum Sulfate

Product 2

HCID 289CatecholHCID 785Hydroquinone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 7909Methyl Isobutyl KetoneSolvent

Procedure

10 g. (106 m. moles) of phenol, 0.222 g. (3.93 m. moles) of 60 percent hydrogen peroxide, 0.590 g. (5.90 m. moles) of 4-methyl-2-pentanone and 0.070 g. of aluminum sulfate (Al2 (SO4)3.18H2O) were mixed together and the reacton was effected at the indicated temperature for the indicated period of time in Table 6. Yields of catechol and hydroquinone are shown in Table 6.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-550044c38b304c2dabd4c01715958df0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_03
Patent number
US04078006

Reaction notes

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