O-Cresol → 2,6-Dimethylphenol

HRID 1995857Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1995857 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH3:8])[C:6]([OH:7])=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH3:9]O.[Ge]=O.[O-2].[Ba+2]>[O-2].[Fe+2].[O-2].[Cr+3].[O-2].[O-2].[Cr+3].O>[C:6]1([OH:7])[C:5]([CH3:9])=[CH:4][CH:3]=[CH:2][C:1]=1[CH3:8]

Participants

8

Reactant 4

HCID 335O-CresolHCID 887MethanolHCID 6327639Germanium monoxideHCID 9855530Barium Oxide Nanoparticle Dispersion

Product 1

HCID 113352,6-Dimethylphenol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 165971Chromium oxideCatalystHCID 449809Ferrous oxideCatalystHCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

o-cresol, methanol and water in a ratio of 1:2.5:2.5 were reacted in the same way as described in Example 1. The catalyst considered iron oxide, germanium oxide, chromium oxide and barium oxide in a ratio of 100:2:10:1. After working up, 2,6-xylenol was obtained with a selectivity of 99.2%.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f2eafb9066eb47f98f156e682b46b56f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1983_09
Patent number
US04406824

Reaction notes

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