Photolysis of halogeno-phenols in aqueous alkali and cyanide

1 January 1969

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications

No. 23,p. 1394-1395
https://doi.org/10.1039/c29690001394

Abstract

Irradiation of p-halogeno-phenols in aqueous alkali gave 2,4′-dihydroxybiphenyl as the major product in addition to the formation of phenol and hydroquinone, whereas irradiation in aqueous cyanide gave p-cyanophenol.

Keywords

PHOTOLYSIS
HALOGENO PHENOLS
CYANIDE
HYDROQUINONE
DIHYDROXYBIPHENYL
CYANOPHENOL
AQUEOUS ALKALI

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