Hydroquinone → p-(n-Tetradecyloxy)phenol

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Reaction Steps

To a room temperature mixture of 40 g of hydroquinone, 62.76 g potassium carbonate, 3.02 g potassium iodide and 700 ml acetone is added, dropwise, 113.5 ml of 1-bromotetradecane. The reaction is heated at reflux temperature for 20 hours, cooled, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue is purified by column chromatography (silica gel:0-10% ethyl acetate/hexane) to give 36.5 g of the desired product as colorless crystals.

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