| abstract |
The invention concerns a method for O-alkylation of phenol compounds comprising at least an acid, ester, aldehyde, amide or nitrile functional group, which consists in reacting said phenol compound with a halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon derivative, cycloaliphatic or aliphatic bearing a cyclic substituent, in an aqueous medium, in the presence of an efficient amount of a phase transfer catalyst. |