2,3,5-Trimethylphenol → Trimethylhydroquinone

HRID 616073Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 616073 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[C:7]([CH3:8])=[CH:6][C:5]([CH3:9])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[OH:10].CC1C(C)=CC(C)=C([OH:15])C=1O>>[CH3:1][C:2]1[C:7]([CH3:8])=[C:6]([OH:15])[C:5]([CH3:9])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[OH:10]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 127692,3,5-TrimethylphenolHCID 125511903,4,6-Trimethylbenzene-1,2-diol

Product 1

HCID 12785Trimethylhydroquinone

Procedure

By following in the same manner as in Example 56 except that 100 g. (735 m.moles) of 2,3,5-trimethylphenol was used instead of 3,5-dimethylphenol, 2.16 g. (14.2 m.moles) of 3,4,6-trimethylcatechol and 0.71 g. (4.7 m.moles) of 2,3,5-trimethylhydroquinone were obtained. The yield of dihydric alkylphenols was 44.9%.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7f4c9c5a4c55467ca2bdd859f05d9ebf
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_02
Patent number
US04072722

Reaction notes

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