O-Cresol → 3-Methylcatechol

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The procedure of Example 7 was repeated, except that 0.5 mol of ortho-cresol was used in place of para-cresol and the peracetic acid was used at a proportion of 0.05 mol and the reaction temperature was held at 50° C. Analysis of the reaction mixture by gas chromatograph showed the conversion of ortho-cresol to be 4.00 percent and the yields of 3-methyl-1,2-dihydroxybenzene and 2-methyl-1,4-dihydroxybenzene to be 35.6 mol percent and 33.9 mol percent respectively based on the consumed peracetic acid.

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