Organic Chemistry
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Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
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Chapter 15, Problem 30P
2,6-Dichlorophenol has been isolated from the females of two species of ticks (Amblyomma americanum and A. maculatum), where it apparently serves as a sex attractant. Each female tick yields about 5 ng of 2,6-dichlorophenol. Assume that you need larger quantities than this and outline a synthesis of 2,6-dichlorophenol from phenol. (Hint: When phenol is sulfonated at 100 °C, the product is chiefly p-hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid.)
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