Preparation of methyl-substituted phenols
US4100207A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 1997 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C37/50
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of preparing methyl-substituted phenols is disclosed. The method comprises heating a mixture of mono- or di-hydrocarbyl-substituted cresols and methanol at an elevated temperature in the presence of a catalytic amount of magnesium oxide.
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