Production of phenols

摘要

Phenols are prepared by decomposing aromatic organic hydroperoxides in the presence of a compound comprising at least one metal atom or cation or at least one non-metallic cation and at least one moiety derivable from an anion of the formula wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group and Y represents an atom of oxygen or sulphur or a group of the formula