title: Selective oxidative para C-C dimerization of 2,6-dimethylphenol.
abstract: Mechanistic investigations on the oxidative coupling of 2,6-dimethylphenol have led to the development of a selective and efficient procedure to prepare 3,5,3',5'-tetramethyl-biphenyl-4,4'-diol, via a C-C coupling, mediated by a hypervalent form of iodine, i.e. (diacetoxyiodo)benzene and for which a mechanism is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boldron
authors.forename: Guillem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aromí
authors.forename: Ger
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Challa
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gamez
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reedijk