Resorcinol → O-Cresol

HRID 2231352Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]1(C=CC=C(O)C=1)[OH:2].[OH:9][C:10]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13](C[C:17]2[CH:22]=[CH:21][C:20]([OH:23])=[CH:19][CH:18]=2)=[CH:12][CH:11]=1.O[C:25]1C=CC(C(C2C=CC(O)=CC=2)(C)C)=CC=1.OC1C(Br)=CC(C(C2C=C(Br)C(O)=C(Br)C=2)(C)C)=CC=1Br.OC1C=CC(C(C2C=CC(O)=CC=2)C(C2C=CC(O)=CC=2)C2C=CC(O)=CC=2)=CC=1>>[CH2:1]=[O:2].[C:10]1([OH:9])[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=1.[C:21]1([CH3:25])[C:20]([OH:23])=[CH:19][CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:22]=1

Participants

Reactant 5

HCID 5054Resorcinol

HCID 6618Tetrabromobisphenol A

HCID 6623Bisphenol A

HCID 12111Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)methane

HCID 82180Phenol, 4,4',4'',4'''-(1,2-ethanediylidene)tetrakis-

Product 3

HCID 335O-Cresol

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 996Phenol

Procedure

diglycidyl or polyglycidyl ethers of polyhydric phenols, such as resorcinol, bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-methane (bisphenol F), 2,2-bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-propane (bisphenol A), 2,2-bis-(4'-hydroxy-3',5'-dibromophenyl)-propane (tetrabromobisphenol A) or 1,1,2,2-tetrakis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-ethane, or of condensation products, obtained under acid conditions, of phenol or alkylphenols having up to 9 C atoms in the alkyl group with formaldehyde, such as phenol novolaks and cresol novolaks,

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-1068e4f5d2b4475e87d0214795b59b6d
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1988_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04782126

Reaction notes

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