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Free-radical oxidation of para-substituted phenols by hypervalent tert-butylperoxyiodane and tert-butyl hydroperoxide: Synthesis of 4-(tert-butylperoxy)-2, 5- …

M Ochiai, A Nakanishi, A Yamada

Index: Ochiai, Masahito; Nakanishi, Akinobu; Yamada, Akiko Tetrahedron Letters, 1997 , vol. 38, # 22 p. 3927 - 3930

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Abstract

Oxidation of 4-alkylphenols 1 by 1-(tert-butylperoxy)-1, 2-benziodoxol-3 (1H)-one (2) in the presence of tert-butyl hydroperoxide affords selectively 4-(tert-butylperoxy)-2, 5- cyclohexadien-1-ones 3 in good yields. Evidence for the involvement of free-radicals is reported.