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HRID 398022Generated: October 26, 2026

Phenol → Di-tert-butyl ether

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantEthyl acetate hexaneHCID 21226206—
ReactantN,N'-dimethyl-O-t-butylisoureaHCID 23001675—
ProductDi-tert-butyl etherHCID 2254115%

Reaction Steps

Following a procedure analogous to (3b), the phenol from (3a) (270 mg, 0.97 mmol) was reacted with N,N′-dimethyl-O-t-butylisourea. Silica gel chromatography (ethyl acetate-hexane, 20:80) gave the t-butyl ether (50.2 mg, 15%) as a 1:1 mixture of two isomers. MS found: (M+H)+=334.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06610731B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2003_08
ORD IDord-06a1d31e4388451ab0e3ab6eef91a634
Source noteuspto-grants-2003_08