A Simple and Inexpensive Procedure for the Preparation of Phloroglucinol and Phloroglucinol Trimethyl Ether

Abstract

Phloroglucinol is an important fine chemical, some 200 tons of which are manufactured annually. It is used widely throughout the chemical and allied industries^1–3 in applications as diverse as diazotype duplicating and copying process;^1–7 textile and leather dyeing;^1–3,8–10 crosslinking and vulcanisation of polymers;^11–15 production of plastic capsules;^16-18 as a stabiliser and anti-corrosive agent;^19–25 and as an alternative to silver iodide in rain cloud seeding.^26,27 Moreover, many simple ether and acyl derivatives show pronounced pharmacological activity, and some of these have been patented for use as pharmaceuticals.^28-34