[3] It can be produced in a multistep process from phenol, which is converted to its 4-sulfonic acid derivative.

Hydrolysis releases the sulfonic acid group.

[4] An alternative synthesis starts with the ethyl ester of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, which chlorinates at the positions flanking the phenolic center.

Ester hydrolysis followed by decarboxylation affords 2,6-dichlorophenol.

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