Phenolics definition

CAS 68610-51-5 EINECS/ELINCS 271-867-2 Synonyms p-Cresol dicyclopentadiene butylated polymer 4-Methyl phenol reaction product with dicyclopentadiene and isobutylene Classification Sterically hindered phenol Definition Butylated reaction prod, of p-cresol and dicyclopentadiene Properties Off-wh. to tan powd. sol. in acetone, ethyl acetate, ethanol, methylene chloride, llq. phosphites insol. in water m.w. 600-700 dens. 1.10 flash pt. (COC) 215 C... 

CAS 8007-24-7 EINECS/ELINCS 232-355-4 Synonyms Cashew nutshell liq. Cashew shell liq. CNSL 3-(n-Penta-8 -decenyl) phenol Definition Mixt. of mono- and dihydric phenols contg. cardanol and cardol with long alkyl unsat. chain substitutes Empirical C21H34O Formula C6H4 OH C15H29 Properties Brn. liq. dens. 0.943-0.968 vise. 600 cps b.p. 223-227 C (1.3 kPa)... 

Classification Sterically hindered phenol Definition Butylated reaction prod, of p-cresol and dicyclopentadiene... 

Phthalcin reaction. Fuse together very gently in a dry test-tube 01 g. of phthalimide, O l g. of phenol and 2 drops of cone. HjSO, Cool, add waier and then NaOH solution in excess. A red coloration is produced which is decolorised by acids. (Note. Succinimide gives no definite coloration in these circumstances.)... 

If a phenol is not indicated, the solution may contain an aliphatic acid. Transfer to a distilling-flask, make definitely acid with dih H2SO4, and distil the volatile formic and acetic acids if present will distil over. If the distillation gives negative reactions, test the residual solution in the flask for oxalic, succinic, lactic, tartaric and citric acids and glycine, remembering that the solution is strongly acid. 

The controlled thermal decomposition of dry aromatic diazonium fluoborates to yield an aromatic fluoride, boron trifluoride and nitrogen is known as the Schiemann reaction. Most diazonium fluoborates have definite decomposition temperatures and the rates of decomposition, with few exceptions, are easily controlled. Another procedure for preparing the diazonium fluoborate is to diazotise in the presence of the fluoborate ion. Fluoboric acid may be the only acid present, thus acting as acid and source of fluoborate ion. The insoluble fluoborate separates as it is formed side reactions, such as phenol formation and coupling, are held at a minimum temperature control is not usually critical and the temperature may rise to about 20° without ill effect efficient stirring is, however, necessary since a continuously thickening precipitate is formed as the reaction proceeds. The modified procedure is illustrated by the preparation of -fluoroanisole ... 

The distillate may contain volatile neutral compounds as well as volatile acids and phenols. Add a slight excess of 10-20 per cent, sodium hydroxide solution to this distillate and distil until the liquid passes over clear or has the density of pure water. The presence of a volatile, water-soluble neutral compound is detected by a periodic determination of the density (see Section XI,2) if the density is definitely less than unity, the presence of a neutral compound may be assumed. Keep this solution Si) for Step 4. 

The general definition of a condensation reaction is a one that involves product formation by expulsion of water (or other small molecule) as a by-product. By this definition, activation and methylolation are also condensations. In more precise terms the chain-building process should be described as a condensation polymerization, however, in the jargon of the phenolics industry, the term condensation is usually reserved for the chain-building process. This terminology is not necessarily observed in the literature [88]. Many literature reports correctly refer to methylolation as a condensation reaction. The molecular weight development of the phenol alcohol adducts may also be classified as a step-polymerization. 

The cationic polymerization of cardanol under acidic conditions has been referred to earlier [170,171], NMR studies [16] indicated a carbonium ion initiated mechanism for oligomerization. PCP was found to be highly reactive with aldehydes, amines, and isocyates. Highly insoluble and infusible thermoset products could be obtained. Hexamine-cured PCP showed much superior thermal stability (Fig. 12) at temperatures above 500°C to that of the unmodified cardanol-formaldehyde resins. However, it was definitely inferior to phenolic resins at all temperatures. The difference in thermal stability between phenolic and PCP resins could be understood from the presence of the libile hydrocarbon segment in PCP. 

HO.C6H4.S03H, mw 174.17. Three of these acids are known, o-, m-, and p-, but only two of them, o- and p- acids form during the sulfonation of phenol in the manuf of PA by the phenolic process. The formation of small quantities of the m-acid was reported, but not definitely proven... 

TS-1 is a material that perfectly fits the definition of single-site catalyst discussed in the previous Section. It is an active and selective catalyst in a number of low-temperature oxidation reactions with aqueous H2O2 as the oxidant. Such reactions include phenol hydroxylation [9,17], olefin epoxida-tion [9,10,14,17,40], alkane oxidation [11,17,20], oxidation of ammonia to hydroxylamine [14,17,18], cyclohexanone ammoximation [8,17,18,41], conversion of secondary amines to dialkylhydroxylamines [8,17], and conversion of secondary alcohols to ketones [9,17], (see Fig. 1). Few oxidation reactions with ozone and oxygen as oxidants have been investigated. 

The TS-1 catalysed hydroxylation of phenol to a 1 1 mixture of catechol and hydroquinone (Fig. 2.16) was commercialized by Enichem (Romano et ai, 1990). This process offers definite advantages, such as higher selectivities at higher phenol conversions, compared to other catalytic systems. It also illustrates another interesting development the use of solid, recyclable catalysts for liquid phase (oxidation) processes to minimize waste production even further. 

Here two components, the free phenol and the intact ester, are included in the residue definition. Usually, analytical methods for the determination of bromoxynil and its octanoate begin with hydrolysis during maceration of the sample. If those methods are validated, the sole fortification of the octanoate is sufficient. However, in other existing methods, hydrolysis follows a separate extraction step. In that case, the chosen solvent must be able to extract both compounds with equal efficiency. 

Although several allelochemicals (primarily phenolic acids and flavonoids) have been shown to inhibit mineral absorption, only the phenolic acids have been studied at the physiological and biochemical levels to attempt to determine if mineral transport across cellular membranes can be affected directly rather than indirectly. Similar and even more definitive experiments need to be conducted with other allelochemicals that are suspected of inhibiting mineral absorption. Membrane vesicles isolated from plant cells are now being used to elucidate the mechanism of mineral transport across the plasma membrane and tonoplast (67, 68). Such vesicle systems actively transport mineral ions and thus can serve as simplified systems to directly test the ability of allelochemicals to inhibit mineral absorption by plant cells. 

These are the same quinones that are formed when 6-hydroxy-BP is oxidized by air or microsomes (19). However, there is no definitive evidence that 6-hydroxy-BP is an intermediate in their formation by PGH synthase. Among all of the stable metabolites of BP, the quinones are distinctive because, unlike phenols and dihydrodiols, they are not derived from arene oxides. Thus, arene oxides do not appear to be products of BP oxidation by PGH synthase (19,20). 

The Bronsted plots shown in Figs 4 and 5 assist in visualizing the data of the metal-catalyzed reactions which show definite evidence of a break where the rate constants are quite sensitive to phenols or alcohols with high (pA a values, but almost no sensitivity to the nature of the ROH groups with low (pA a values. In these cases there is no obvious discrepancy between aliphatic and aryl esters, so all... 

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