A Simple and Clean Method for Methoxymethylation of Phenols

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Ahmad, Faujan and Bruce, Malcolm J. (1989) A Simple and Clean Method for Methoxymethylation of Phenols. Pertanika, 12 (1). pp. 71-78.

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.

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Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Methoxymethyl ethers of phenols
Depositing User:	Nur Izzati Mohd Zaki
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2009 06:42
Last Modified:	27 May 2013 07:02
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2614
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