Ahmad, Faujan and Bruce, Malcolm J. (1989) A Simple and Clean Method for Methoxymethylation of Phenols. Pertanika, 12 (1). pp. 71-78.
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Abstract
A simple and clean procedure for the preparation of methoxymethyl ethers (MOM = CH2 OMe) of phenols having internally hydrogen bonded hydroxy groups is described. Thus treatment of 2,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (1) with a 1:1 mixture of methoxymethyl chloride-methyl acetate in ether at room temperature gives 2.5-bis( methoxymethoxy)benzaldehyde (2) in 57% yield; under similar conditions, the methoxymethyl ether (6) of salicylaldehyde was isolated in 75% yield. Yields of61-81 %, not optimised, of methoxymethyl ethers of several phenols lacking internal hydrogen bonding were also obtained.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Methoxymethyl ethers of phenols |
| ID Code: | 2614 |
| Deposited By: | Nur Izzati Mohd Zaki |
| Deposited On: | 16 Nov 2009 14:42 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2010 17:23 |
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