BENZYLPHENOL DERIVATIVES AS ANTIOXIDANTS FOR AUTOXIDATION OF TETRALIN.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.58.115

A series of 4-benzylphenols, 2-methyl-4-benzylphenols, 4-methyl-2-benzylphenols and 4-methoxy-2-benzylphenols have been prepared and evaluated as antioxidants for tetralin at 60 degree C by means of an oxygen-absorption method. Very good activities have been observed with a series of 4-methoxy-2-benzylphenols. The electrochemical oxidation potentials of these compounds were determined using linear-sweep voltammetry. The antioxidative activities were found to correlate with both the **1**3C NMR chemical shifts ( delta ) of the ipsocarbon of the OH substituents and their peak potentials (E//p).