Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

An Efficient Catalytic Oxidation of p-Alkoxypenols to p-Quinones Using Tetrabutylammonium Bromide and Oxone

T Yakura, A Ozono, K Morimoto

Index: Yakura, Takayuki; Ozono, Ayaka; Morimoto, Kohei Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2011 , vol. 59, # 1 p. 132 - 134

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Abstract

A catalytic oxidation of p-alkoxyphenols was developed using tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) and Oxone®. The reaction of p-alkoxyphenol (1) with a catalytic amount of TBAB in the presence of Oxone® as a co-oxidant in acetonitrile–water (2: 1) gave the corresponding p-quinone (2) in excellent yield without special treatment.