Catalytic oxidation of 2,6-dialkylphenols to the corresponding 2,6-dialkyl-1,4-benzoquinones by molecular oxygen in the presence of P–Mo–V heteropoly acids

✍ Scribed by I.G Kolesnik; E.G Zhizhina; K.I Matveev

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 144 KB
• Volume: 153
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1381-1169
• DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1169(99)00328-3

✦ Synopsis

A new method for obtaining 2,6-dialkyl-1,4-benzoquinones by oxidation of 2,6-dimethyl and 2,6-ditertbutylphenols by molecular oxygen in a two-phase ''water-organic'' system and in the presence of P-Mo-V heteropoly acids has been proposed.