Sulfuric Acid → Syringaldehyde

HRID 1374486Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1374486 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH:8]=[C:9]([O:13][CH3:14])[C:10]=1[O:11]C)[CH:6]=[O:7].S(=O)(=O)(O)O>>[CH:6](=[O:7])[C:5]1[CH:4]=[C:3]([O:2][CH3:1])[C:10]([OH:11])=[C:9]([O:13][CH3:14])[CH:8]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 1118Sulfuric AcidHCID 68583,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde

Product 1

HCID 8655Syringaldehyde

Procedure

Monodemethylation of 3,4,5,-trimethoxy benzaldehyde using sulphuric acid at 40° C. for 8 hours as described above in Example 1 yields syringaldehyde.

Workup

  1. customat 40° C.
  2. customfor 8 hours

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9c447a11ac324abdaa017113a616e95e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2007_01
Patent number
US07166273B2

Reaction notes

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