A Simple and Efficient Synthesis of Thymoquinone and Methyl P-Benzoquinone
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 15 (11) , 1033-1036
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918508076837
Abstract
The Co(II) (salen) catalysed oxidations of thymol (1), carvacrol (2), o- and m-cresol, with molecular oxygen give high yields of the corresponding p-benzoquinones.Keywords
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