A novel oxygenation of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol to trimethyl-p-benzoquinone by dioxygen with copper(II) chloride/amine hydrochloride catalyst

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)70652-6

2,3,6-Trimethylphenol was efficiently oxygenated to trimethyl-p-benzoquinone by molecular oxygen in the presence of catalytic amount of copper (II) chloride/amine hydrochloride in alcoholic solvent at ambient temperature.