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By varying the steric hindrance in the phenol it is possible to direct the oxidation reaction either to the o- or to the p-quinoid derivatives.
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The oxidation of phenols with oxygen in the presence of the complex copper-tertiary amine catalyst is a simple way of synthesizing certain quinoidal and dimeric compounds.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1717–1719, September, 1964
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Karpov, V.V., Khidekel, M.L., Gorbunova, L.V. et al. Steric hindrance and direction of oxidation of certain phenols. Russ Chem Bull 13, 1629–1631 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00846311
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