Dimerization of phenols and naphthols using an aqueous sodium hypochlorite

✍ Scribed by Ramesh Neelamegam; Matthew T. Palatnik; James Fraser-Rini; Mark Slifstein; Anissa Abi-Dargham; Balu Easwaramoorthy

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 808 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.02.173

✦ Synopsis

The observation of an unusual dimerization of phenols and naphthols using a sodium hypochlorite (NaO-Cl) in an aqueous solution is reported. NaOCl is an environmentally friendly and less expensive reagent than previously used reagents for dimerization. The yield of the dimer is moderate to high at ambient temperature.