Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Oxidation by cobalt (III) acetate. Part 13. Oxidation of substituted phenols with cobalt (III) acetate in acetic acid.

M Hirano, T Ishii, T Morimoto

Index: Hirano, Masao; Ishii, Tadamichi; Morimoto, Takashi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1991 , vol. 64, # 4 p. 1434 - 1436

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Citation Number: 15

Abstract

The oxidation of 2, 6-di-and 2, 4, 6-tri-substituted phenols with cobalt (III) acetate has been investigated in acetic acid under an inert atmosphere; the former gave the corresponding diphenoquinones in excellent yields, and the latter yielded side-chain or nuclear acetoxylated products in moderate to good yields.