Polyalkylated phenols

Figure 44.1. Conversion of phenol ( ), selectivity to o-cresol (O), 2,6-xylenol (O), p-cresol (A), anisole (X), 2,4-xylenol ( ) and polyalkylated phenols ( ) as...

V.D). When the electron density in the ring is high (as in polyalkyl phenols) and the ortho- and/or para position (with respect to the OH group) is vacant, the formation of ortho- or para-benzoquinone also occurs. Indeed, in the hydroxylation of phenol to catechol and hydroquinone, one of the major side products (and the main cause of the tar formation) is the formation of benzo-quinones and products derived from them. The benzoquinones of polyalkyl-benzenes are starting materials for many products in the photographic and fine chemicals industries. Trukhan et al. 234) reported the oxidation of 2,3,-... 

The effect of temperature on the catalytic performance of Mg/Fe/O is reported in Figure 3. The behavior was quite different from that of the Mg/Al/O catalyst. The conversion of m-cresol with Mg/Fe/O was always lower than that with Mg/Al/O. The selectivity to 3-MA was almost negligible in the whole range of temperature. The selectivity to polyalkylates and to 3,4-DMP was also much lower than that observed with Mg/Al/O. Therefore, the catalyst was very selective to the products of ortho-C-methylation, 2,3-DMP and in particular 2,5-DMP. This behavior has to be attributed to specific surface features of Mg/Fe/O catalyst, that favor the ortho-C-methylation with respect to O-methylation. A different behavior of Mg/Al/O and Mg/Fe/O catalysts, having Mg/Me atomic ratio equal to 4, has also been recently reported by other authors for the reaction of phenol and o-cresol methylation [5], The effect was attributed to the different basic strength of catalysts. This explanation does not hold in our case, since a similar distribution of basic strength was obtained for Mg/Al/O and Mg/Fe/O catalysts [4],... 

A variety of approaches has been adopted in the following methods which involve comparatively unusual and neglected routes to phenols. Syntheses described in this section have been employed to obtain cycloaromatic structures and bicyclic heterocyclic compounds containing the phenolic group. Methods involving the use of noble and transition metal compounds have invariably produced polyalkylphenols and these procedures are more appropriately considered in Chapter 6 although it is clear that there is a considerable overlap between the synthesis of monoalkylphenols and polyalkyl compounds. 

Agerite Superlite (polyalkyl polyphenol) Antioxidant 425, ie. (2,2 methyl-bis (6-tert butyl-4-methyl phenol))... 

Other recent applications of ToF-SIMS without XPS include the examination of PS [6, 17-19], polyethylene (PE) [20], carbon fibre reinforced epoxy resins [21], polyalkyl methacrylates [22], alkylketene dimers [23], perfluorinated polymers [24], perflnorinated ethers [25], polyethylene glycol (PEG) oligomers [15, 25-29], rubber [30], ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer [30], Nylon-6 [31], PC [32,33], PDMS [34], polypyrrole coated PS [35], poly-p-phenylene vinylene [36], butyl rubber [37], poly(4-vinyl phenol)/poly(4-vinyl pyridine blends) [38], polypyrrole-silica gel composites [39], y-glycidoxypropyl trimethoxy silane [40], triblock copolymer poly(ethylene glycol)- 3 poly(phenylene ethylene)- 3 poly(ethylene glycol) [41], ethylene-terephthalate-hydroxybenzoate copolymer [42], PS-polyvinyl methyl ether, polycarbonate - PS blends [43] and PDMS-urethane [44],... 

Polyalkyl ring-substituted phenols, such as 2,4,6-trimethyl-phenol act as more powerful retarders than phenol toward vinyl acetate polymerization. The mechanism for retardation may involve hydrogen abstraction followed by coupling of the phenoxy radical with other polymer radicals ... 

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