Dopac → Methyl 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetate

HRID 1393872

Reaction equation

[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH2:9][C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]=1[OH:8].S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[CH3:18]O>>[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH2:9][C:10]([O:12][CH3:18])=[O:11])[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]=1[OH:8]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 547Dopac

HCID 887Methanol

HCID 1118Sulfuric Acid

Product 1

HCID 11008556Methyl 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetate

Procedure

3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid is refluxed in methanol in the presence of sulfuric acid, to give methyl 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)acetate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-03d169d48a00423ba31e6c767e095ba5
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2008_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07348017B2

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