3,5-Dimethylphenol → 2,6-Dimethylhydroquinone

HRID 1678943Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1678943 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([CH3:8])[C:3]=1[OH:9].CC1C=C([OH:18])C=C(C)C=1>>[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([OH:18])[CH:5]=[C:4]([CH3:8])[C:3]=1[OH:9]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 79483,5-DimethylphenolHCID 113352,6-Dimethylphenol

Product 1

HCID 695602,6-Dimethylhydroquinone

Procedure

By following in the same manner as in Example 53, except that 100 g. (819 m. moles) of 2,6-dimethylphenol were used instead of 3,5-dimethylphenol, 1.04 g. (7.5 m. moles) of 2,6-dimethylhydroquinone were obtained. The yield of dihydric alkylphenol was 14.7 percent.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4ac630d91d584dc7bd221b5ed0a39748
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_03
Patent number
US04078006

Reaction notes

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