The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Synthesis of 4-hydroxyarylene ethers by the equilibration of phenols with poly (2, 6-dimethyl-1, 4-phenylene ether)

DM White

Index: White,D.M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1969 , vol. 34, p. 297 - 303

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Citation Number: 58

Abstract

2-+ 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+...(1) of the products at equilibrium occur in the order 1> 2> 3> 4>.,..'When a second phenol is present during the redistribution of 2, a coequilibration may occur in addition to reaction 1 and a second series of products can result (reaction 2). This report describes a synthetic method for the preparation of 4-hydroxyarylene ethers which utilizes reactions which are similar to 1 and 2. Instead of using a" dimer" as 2, an equilibration ...