2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2-phenyl- → Biphenyl-2,5-diol

HRID 2166478Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2166478 reaction equation
[C:1]1([C:7]2[C:8](=[O:14])[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:11](=[O:13])[CH:12]=2)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[H][H]>>[C:1]1([C:7]2[CH:12]=[C:11]([OH:13])[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]=2[OH:14])[CH:2]=[CH:3][CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 96882,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2-phenyl-HCID 178418361HCID 178418361, compound

Product 1

HCID 14116Biphenyl-2,5-diol

Procedure

The oxidation of biphenyl using a solution containing ceric ammonium nitrate to produce 2-phenylbenzoquinone, i.e. ##STR3## is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,873,580 to Rennie. 2-phenylbenzoquinone can be reduced with hydrogen to produce phenylhydroquinone, i.e. ##STR4##

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-23b1348dd8854383bb616da3624f20fe
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1990_07
Patent number
US04945183

Reaction notes

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