Alkylation of Phenol by 1-Dodecene and 1-Decanol. A Literature Correction

CB Campbell, A Onopchenko, DS Santilli

Index: Campbell, Curt B.; Onopchenko, Anatoli; Santilli, Donald S. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1990 , vol. 63, # 12 p. 3665 - 3669

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Abstract

A recent literature report that 1-dodecene reacts with phenol in the presence of sulfated zirconium oxide (superacid), or 1-dodecanol with phenol in the precsence of H-Mordenite (zeolite), to afford mostly para-substituted alkylphenols has been shown to be incorrect. The product with zirconium is a mixture of ortho/para isomers (≈ 50–65/50–35), and not the exclusive para isomer as reported. The major product in the case of zeolite catalysis is the ...