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HRID 1262574Generated: November 1, 2026

Coumarin → Dihydrocoumarin

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantCoumarinHCID 323—
CatalystPlatinum oxide (PtO)HCID 82844—
SolventEthyl AcetateHCID 8857—
ProductDihydrocoumarinHCID 660—

Reaction Steps

Coumarin (30 g, 0.205 moles) is reduced on the Parr apparatus in 200 ml ethyl acetate with 1 g platinum oxide at 40 psi. When the uptake ceased (ca. 1 hr.) the catalyst is removed by filtration and the filtrate evaporated to give a quantitate yield of dihydrocoumarin.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04452801
Source datasetuspto-grants-1984_06
ORD IDord-e3cc07c61b624de1a00c2690ed0e314f
Source noteuspto-grants-1984_06