Process for the hydroxylation of phenols and phenol ethers

Process for the hydroxylation of phenols and phenol ethers with hydrogen peroxide. More precisely, the invention consists of a process for the hydroxylation of phenols and phenol ethers and preferably of phenol, with hydrogen peroxide, characterised in that the reaction is conducted in the presence of an effective quantity of an acidic clay of TOT structure, which has a pH lower than 7 in aqueous suspension.