Methyl Isobutyl Ketone → 2,6-Dimethylhydroquinone

HRID 1678939Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1678939 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:8]=[C:7]([CH3:9])[CH:6]=[C:4]([OH:5])[C:3]=1O.CC(C)CC(=[O:16])C>>[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([OH:5])[CH:6]=[C:7]([CH3:9])[C:8]=1[OH:16]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 7909Methyl Isobutyl KetoneHCID 177373,5-Dimethylbenzene-1,2-diol

Product 1

HCID 695602,6-Dimethylhydroquinone

Procedure

By following in the same manner as in Example 53, except that 0.25 g. (2.5 m. moles) of 4-methyl-2-pentanone was used instead of 3.61 g. (26.1 m. moles) of it, 3.09 g. (22.4 m. moles) of 3,5-dimethylcatechol and 2.07 g. (15 m. moles) of 2,6-dimethylhydroquinone were obtained. The yield of dihydric alkylphenols was 73.6 percent.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-54d3a5b2219b4eeb859810d0c23759ad
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_03
Patent number
US04078006

Reaction notes

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