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Regiospecific Synthesis Of Ortho Substituted Phenols, Ravindra Kotha Balasainath
Regiospecific Synthesis Of Ortho Substituted Phenols, Ravindra Kotha Balasainath
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Phenol is highly reactive toward electrophilic aromatic substitution. By this general approach, many groups can be appended to the ring, via halogenation, acylation, sulfonation, and other processes. Phenol contains the hydroxyl group (–OH), which is a strongly activating ortho/para directing group in aromatic electrophilic substitution (AES). AES gives a mixture of ortho-and para isomers, which must be separated.
The strong directing ability of phenol can also result in multiple substitutions on the aromatic ring which could be a major concern in the regiospecific synthesis of phenols. AES and Directed ortho--Metalation (DoM) are the only ways to directly substitute …