Chemistry Letters

Nonselective disproportionation of isomeric hydroxycyclohexadienyl radicals to phenols

T Tezuka, H Marusawa, K Ichikawa

Index: Tezuka, Takahiro; Marusawa, Hiroshi; Ichikawa, Kazuhiko Chemistry Letters, 1984 , p. 2145 - 2148

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Abstract

Comparison of the isomer ratios and yields of cresol, methoxyphenol, and nitrophenol, which were obtained by the aromatic hydroxylation with hydroxyl radical in the presence or absence of benzoquinones in anhydrous media, indicates that disproportionation of hydroxycyclohexadienyl radicals occurs nonselectively.