Elbs Persulfate Oxidation

K. Elbs, J. Prakt. Chem. 48, 179 (1893).

Hydroxylation of monophenols to predominantely p-diphenols or oxidation of methyl-substituted aromatics by persulfates:

S. M. Sethna, Chem. Rev. 49, 91 (1951); J. B. Lee, B. C. Uff, Quart. Rev. 21, 453 (1967); E. J. Behrman, Org. React. 35, 421-511 (1988); K. A. Parker, et al., J. Org. Chem. 52, 183 (1987); K. G. Watson, A. Serban, Aust. J. Chem. 48, 1503 (1995). Cf. Boyland-Sims Oxidation.