Vanillin → Guaiacol

HRID 1378504Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1378504 reaction equation
O=[CH:2][C:3]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:8]([OH:9])=[C:5]([O:6][CH3:7])[CH:4]=1.[C:12]1(C(C(C2C=CC=CC=2)O)=O)C=CC=C[CH:13]=1>>[C:5]1([O:6][CH3:7])[C:8](=[CH:10][CH:11]=[C:3]([CH:4]=1)[CH2:2][CH:12]=[CH2:13])[OH:9].[C:5]1([O:6][CH3:7])[C:8](=[CH:10][CH:11]=[CH:3][CH:4]=1)[OH:9]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 1183Vanillin3×HCID 8400Benzoin

Product 2

HCID 460GuaiacolHCID 3314Eugenol

Procedure

Vanillin has the chemical name 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde and the chemical structure: ##STR1## Vanillin occurs naturally in vanilla beans, potato parings, and Siam benzoin, and is produced synthetically from eugenol or guaiacol or from the lignin waste from the wood pulp industry.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5524a67384004e86a2ba8276b7135f24
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_09
Patent number
US05668182

Reaction notes

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