Oxygen → 2,4,6-Trimethylphenol

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Reaction Steps

In a flask, 30 mmol of mesitylene, 4.5 mg (0.02 mmol) of palladium(II) acetate, 323 mg (about 0.14 mmol) of H4PMo11V1O40-nH2O, and 10 ml of acetic acid were placed and were stirred at a constant temperature of 90° C. in an atmosphere of oxygen gas at 1 atm (0.1 MPa) for 15 hours. The resulting reaction mixture was analyzed by gas chromatography to find that 8.5 mmol of 1,3,5-trimethyl-2-(3′,5′-dimethylbenzyl)benzene, and 1 mmol of 2,4,6-trimethylphenol were produced.

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