Phenol → Phenol, aluminum salt (3:1)
Reaction equation
[Al:1].[C:2]1([OH:8])[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1>>[O-:8][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[Al+3:1].[O-:8][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[O-:8][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1Participants
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Reactant 2
Product 1
Procedure
According to Ecke et al granular aluminum is reacted with phenol under anhydrous conditions to form a catalytic amount of aluminum phenoxide in the phenol. An aluminum:phenol mole ratio of 1:5 to 1:20 is useful. Cyclopentene is reacted with the phenol in an autoclave at about 200° to 300° C. for up to 24 hours. Following this the reaction mixture is washed with aqueous acid to remove aluminum. The 2,6-dicyclopentyl phenol is recovered by distillation.
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-629bb0a72ec84aafaf37f4dbb32430be
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1978_01
- Patent number
- US04066562
Reaction notes
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