Journal of the American Chemical Society

Monoacetates of hydroquinone and catechol

HS Olcott

Index: Olcott Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1937 , vol. 59, p. 392

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Citation Number: 10

Abstract

In the course of studies on antioxidants in fats' we wished to investigate, among other phenolic compounds, hydroquinone and catechol monoacetates, and could find no references to their preparation or properties. Preliminary attempts at synthesis with limited quantities of an acetylating reagent yielded appreciable amounts of the diacetates. The successful use of benzyl chloroformate by Bergmann and Zervas2 in the synthesis of ...