METHOD OF PRODUCING 4-(2-(SUBSTITUTED)-1-(1-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL)ETHYL)PHENOLS BY O- DEMETHYLATION OF THEIR METHYLETHERS BY MEANS OF INODOROUS AROMATIC THIOLS

摘要

A method of producing 4-(2-(substituted)-l-(l-hydroxycyclohexyl)ethyl)phenols of general formula (I), wherein the symbols R1 and R2 are hydrogen (H) or methyl (CH3), by demethylation of their methylethers of general formula (II), wherein symbols R1 and R2 have the same meaning as in formula (I), by heating to 100 to 220 °C with at least one equivalent of an aromatic thiol in the environment of solvents; the reaction is carried out with addition of a base and the aromatic thiol is non- stinking. The term non-stinking means that the stink is only perceptible in concentrations reached in a qualified chemical production in extreme situations only, i.e., for example, above an opened vessel containing the substance; the agent should lack extremely disagreeable "sulphur" character typical of low-molecular compounds containing thiol groups; and even in the above mentioned extreme situations its stink does not exceed intensity of commonly used organic solvents under similar conditions. (Formulae (I), (II)).