An attempt was made to producea -β or Ϫ - resorcinyl alcohol from disubstituted resorcinyls. To accomplish this 3,5-dibromo-β-resorcylic acid was reacted with lithium aluminium hybride, a mild reducing agent, in an attempt to reduce the acid group to the alcohol group. This disubstituted resorcinol was recovered unchanged. 3,5-dibromo-β-resorcyl-aldehyde was reduced by lithium aluminium hydride, but, instead of the alcohol forming, resinification took place. 2-methyl- 4-ethylresorcinol and 4,6-diethyrecorinol were reacted with formaldehyde under alkaline and acidic conditions. In each case a resin formed. The above experlments indicated that condensation took place in the meta position of the resorcinol molecule. Trimethylresorcinol was therefore reacted with formaldehyde under alkaline conditions, resulting in a small quantity ot the alcohol derivative. A better yield of the alcohol derivative was obtained by the hydrolysis or the chloromathyl derivative. In pursuing this line, a seres of new compounds and their derivatives were prepared. The condensation of the alcohol derivative with trimethylresorcinol and also with resorcinol was investigated.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:rhodes/vital:4514 |
| Date | January 1954 |
| Creators | Waldron, Ronald Augustus Frank |
| Publisher | Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Chemistry |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Masters, MSc |
| Format | 126p., pdf |
| Rights | Waldron, Ronald Augustus Frank |
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