Teuber reaction
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The Teuber reaction is the selective oxidation of phenols and aromatic amines to quinones. [1]
Useful oxidizing reagents include nitrosodisulfonate salts, especially Fremy’s salt, a dipotassium salt [2] or oxone [3].
References
- ↑ 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2,3,5-trimethyl Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 6, p.1010 (1988); Vol. 52, p.83 (1972).
- ↑ 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2,3,5-trimethyl Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 6, p.1010 (1988); Vol. 52, p.83 (1972).
- ↑ Oxidative De-aromatization of para-Alkyl Phenols into para-Peroxyquinols and para-Quinols Mediated by Oxone as a Source of Singlet Oxygen M. Carmen Carreño, Marcos González-López, Antonio Urbano Angewandte Chemie International Edition Volume 45, Issue 17 , Pages 2737 – 2741 2006
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