Water → 8-Methylcoumarin

Beteiligte Stoffe

Reaktionsbedingungen

Reaktionsschritte

The suspension of 2-Hydroxy-3-methyl benzaldehyde (30 gm, 0.220 mole) and anhydrous Sodium acetate (45 gm, 0.55 mole) in Acetic anhydride (45 gm, 0.44 mole) was heated at 175-180° C. for 6 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled; water (150 ml) and Hexane (60 ml) were added. It was stirred for an hour and filtered. The obtained solid was stirred with Diethyl ether (30 ml). Finally the suspension was filtered and dried to give 19 gm desired product.

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