9635. 4,5,6-Trichloro-o-cresol

Nomenclature

CAS number: 551-78-0
2,3,4-Trichloro-6-methylphenol; 3,4,5-trichloro-2-hydroxytoluene; 1-methyl-2-hydroxy-3,4,5-trichlorobenzene.

Description and references

Prepd by chlorination of 1-methyl-2-hydroxy-4-chlorobenzene: Kohn, Syreia, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 70, 3950 (1948).

Properties

Needles from petr ether, mp 77°. Slightly soluble in water; freely sol in the customary organic solvents and in caustic alkali solns.