Potassium → 2,5-Dimethylphenol

HRID 635554Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 635554 reaction equation
[K].C1(O)(C)C=CC=CC1C.C([O:13][C:14]1[CH:19]=[C:18]([CH3:20])[CH:17]=[CH:16][C:15]=1[CH3:21])=O>>[C:14]1([OH:13])[C:15]([CH3:21])=[CH:16][CH:17]=[C:18]([CH3:20])[CH:19]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 5462222PotassiumHCID 20212228HCID 20212228, compoundHCID 20473549HCID 20473549, compound

Product 1

HCID 72672,5-DimethylphenolYield 41%

Procedure

After adding potassium salt of xylenol in an amount of 0.47 weight % based on the separated 2,5-xylyl formate, the thermal decomposition was carried out at 200° C. for one hour to obtain 2,5-xylenol in 41% yield.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4a978e42bef246d694c5d204048650d6
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_02
Patent number
US06187964B1

Reaction notes

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