2,3,5-Trimethylphenol → Trimethylhydroquinone

HRID 1678945Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1678945 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[C:7]([CH3:8])=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([CH3:9])[C:3]=1[OH:10].CC1C(C)=CC(C)=CC=1[OH:20]>>[CH3:1][C:2]1[C:7]([CH3:8])=[C:6]([OH:20])[CH:5]=[C:4]([CH3:9])[C:3]=1[OH:10]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 127692,3,5-TrimethylphenolHCID 170162,3,6-Trimethylphenol

Product 1

HCID 12785Trimethylhydroquinone

Procedure

By following in the same manner as in Example 63, except that 100 g. (735 m. moles) of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol were used instead of 2,3,5-trimethylphenol, 2.05 g. (13.5 m. moles) of 2,3,6-trimethylhydroquinone were obtained. The yield of dihydric alkylphenol was 29.4 percent.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-db397c94505c46919bfa798f37b55607
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_03
Patent number
US04078006

Reaction notes

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