4-Alkoxymethyl-2,6-dimethylphenols were synthesized from 2,4,6-trimethylphenol in good yields by a copper(II) chloride-acetoxime catalyst/molecular oxygen system in alcohols at ambient temperature. The oxidation of the other p-methylsubstituted phenols were also examined.
BOUQUET, M.;GUY, A.;LEMAIRE, M.;GUETTE, J. -P., C.R. ACAD. SCI., 1984, 299, N 20, 1389-1390