(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)acetic acid → HCID 54451967, compound

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Reaction Steps

In a 25 ml flask were charged 4.0 g of m-hemipinic anhydride, 4.54 g of homoveratric acid, and sodium acetate, and the flask was buried in a sand bath at 235° to 240° C. to allow the mixture to react for 6 hours. The reaction mixture was purified by silica gel column chromatography (dichloromethane) to yield the title compound as a colorless amorphous compound.

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