Journal of the American Chemical Society

Synthesis of the Polymethylols of Phenol

JH Freeman

Index: Freeman Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1952 , vol. 74, p. 6257,6258

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Citation Number: 55

Abstract

Ever since hlanassel and Lederer? first succeeded in isolating 0-and~- monomethylolpheno1 from a reaction mixture of phenol and formaldehyde, chemists have speculated over the probable existence of the other possible methylol derivatives of this compound, 2, 4-dimethylol-,?,, G-dirnethyloland 2, 4, B-triniethylolphenol. These compounds are of considerable importance to the theory of phenolic resin formation since they may ...