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HRID 635554Generated: October 29, 2026

Potassium → 2,5-Dimethylphenol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPotassiumHCID 5462222—
ReactantHCID 20212228HCID 20212228—
ReactantHCID 20473549HCID 20473549—
Product2,5-DimethylphenolHCID 726741%

Reaction Steps

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.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06187964B1
Source datasetuspto-grants-2001_02
ORD IDord-4a978e42bef246d694c5d204048650d6
Source noteuspto-grants-2001_02