1-(2-Hydroxy-4,6-dimethylphenyl)-1-butanone → 2-Butyl-3,5-dimethylphenol

HRID 27864Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 27864 reaction equation
[C:1]([C:6]1[C:11]([CH3:12])=[CH:10][C:9]([CH3:13])=[CH:8][C:7]=1[OH:14])(=O)[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].[H][H]>Cl(O)(=O)(=O)=O.[Pt]=O.C(O)(=O)C>[CH2:1]([C:6]1[C:11]([CH3:12])=[CH:10][C:9]([CH3:13])=[CH:8][C:7]=1[OH:14])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4]

Participants

6

Procedure

10 g. of 2-butyryl-3,5-dimethyl-phenol are dissolved in 100 ml. of glacial acetic acid. After the addition of 3 drops of perchloric acid, the solution is hydrogenated under normal conditions in the presence of 0.5 g. of platinum oxide. After the uptake of 3.0 l. of hydrogen, the hydrogenation is stopped. The catalyst is filtered off. The filtrate is extracted with ether. The ether extract is washed with water to neutral reaction, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. There is obtained 2-butyl-3,5-dimethylphenol, which melts at 65°-67° C. after absorption on silica gel, using methylene chloride/hexane 1:1 parts by volume as the eluent.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe catalyst is filtered off
  2. extractionThe filtrate is extracted with ether
  3. extractionThe ether extract
  4. washis washed with water to neutral reaction
  5. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  6. customevaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6f4b5fb1b84a4c388922baaea0949ee0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1980_09
Patent number
US04224244

Reaction notes

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