Base-catalyzed Oxygenation of 2,6-Di-t-butylphenols. A Convenient Method for Preparation of p-Quinols

1 May 1975

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Vol. 48 (5) , 1683
https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.48.1683

Abstract

The oxygenation of 4-alkyl-2,6-di-t-butylphenols in diethylamine containing sodium, amide under mild conditions afforded the corresponding p-quinols in excellent yields.

Keywords

SODIUM
CATALYZED OXYGENATION
CORRESPONDING
CONVENIENT
ALKYL
DIETHYLAMINE
AMIDE
OFP

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