1-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)dodecan-1-one → 4-Dodecylphenol

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Reaction Steps

16.75 g of dodecyl chloride was dropwise added to 7.0 g of phenol and the resulting mixture was subjected to reaction at 90° C. for 30 minutes. And then, 12.0 g of AlCl3 powder was added thereto mixture was further subjected to reaction at 100° C. for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled and added to dilute hydrochloric acid. The resulting mixture was then subjected to extraction with two 50-ml portions of ethyl acetate. To the resulting solution of the reaction product in the ethyl acetate was added 80 ml of 3% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, and the aqueous layer was then separated. To the aqueous layer was added conc hydrochloric acid to adjust the pH to 2, and the crystal, thus precipitated was filtered and washed with water to obtain 9.35 g of 4-hydroxyphenyl undecyl ketone. Subsequently, 8.0 g of the 4-hydroxyphenyl undecyl ketone thus obtained was mixed with 650 mg of a 5% active carbon-supported palladium and 100 ml of acetic acid, and the resulting mixture was subjected to reaction in a hydrogen gas stream at 50° C. for 15 hours to reduce the ketone. The reaction mixture was cooled and filtered, and acetic acid was distilled off to obtain 7.50 g of white, solid 4-dodecylphenol.

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