- Production of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol
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A process for the production of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol in which diethyl ketone is reacted in the presence of a basic reagent with crotonaldehyde or methyl vinyl ketone (or a compound which in the presence of a basic reagent is converted into crotonaldehyde or methyl vinyl ketone) and the 2,5,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one or 2,3,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one formed is dehydrogenated.
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