Hydroquinone → 4-Hydroxyphenylacetate

HRID 704533Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1](Cl)(=[O:3])[CH3:2].[C:5]1([CH:12]=[CH:11][C:9]([OH:10])=[CH:8][CH:7]=1)[OH:6]>>[C:1]([O:6][C:5]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][C:9]([OH:10])=[CH:8][CH:7]=1)(=[O:3])[CH3:2]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 785Hydroquinone

HCID 6367Acetyl chloride

Product 1

HCID 960094-Hydroxyphenylacetate

Procedure

Acetyl chloride is reacted with hydroquinone to give 4-acetoxy phenol expressed by the formula (16) shown below.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-f2bb4593e7a84fefb39b020230dd8fc1
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1991_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04988460

Reaction notes

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