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HRID 225304Generated: October 26, 2026

O-Cresol → 6-tert-Butyl-m-cresol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantO-CresolHCID 335—
ReactantM-CresolHCID 342—
Product6-tert-Butyl-m-cresolHCID 693795%

Reaction Steps

Run B of Example 1 is repeated except that 3-cresol is substituted for the cresylic acid mixture. The process results in a selectivity of better than 95 percent of 6-t-butyl-3-cresol.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04236032
Source datasetuspto-grants-1980_11
ORD IDord-4a7b754a22b24add8952343199c0d9fe
Source noteuspto-grants-1980_11