Benzene → Phenol

HRID 991974Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 991974 reaction equation
C(O)(=O)[C:2]1[C:3](=[CH:7][CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=1)C(O)=[O:5].[CH:13]([OH:16])([CH3:15])[CH3:14].[CH:17]1[CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=[CH:19][CH:18]=1>>[C:2]1([OH:16])[CH:3]=[CH:7][CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=1.[CH:13]([C:17]1[CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=[CH:19][C:18]=1[OH:5])([CH3:15])[CH3:14]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 241BenzeneHCID 1017Phthalic AcidHCID 3776Isopropanol

Product 2

HCID 996PhenolHCID 69432-Isopropylphenol

Procedure

Besides the phthalic acid (with quantitative reclamation) it was also possible to isolate considerable amounts of isopropanol, benzene, phenol, isopropylphenol, and cresols from the reaction mixture—by distillation and extraction.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b5677be78e924e0a971860dc8989ec26
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2002_10
Patent number
US06465702B1

Reaction notes

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