Chemical Communications

Selective one-pot synthesis of various phenols from diarylethanes

R Nakamura, Y Obora, Y Ishii

Index: Nakamura, Ryota; Obora, Yasushi; Ishii, Yasutaka Chemical Communications, 2008 , # 29 p. 3417 - 3419

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Abstract

Phenols are very important raw materials for the synthesis of phenol resins, dyes, pharmaceuticals, antioxidants etc. In 2003, worldwide production of phenol amounted to 7.2 megatons and is still growing. 1 Although several methods are known for the synthesis of phenols , most phenols are currently synthesized by the cumene method developed by Hock and Lang. 2 Previously, we reported an efficient carbon radical generation method from ...