Citric Acid → Vanillylmandelic Acid

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Reaction Steps

The resulting compound was deprotected, by treatment with 1M sodium hydroxide (500 microliter) for 30 minutes at room temperature in the dark. The reaction mixture was taken to pH 3 with 2M hydrochloric acid (200 microliter) and then 1M citric acid (1.5 ml). Volatiles were removed in vacuo, the residue taken up in methanol, and inorganics filtered to leave a clear yellow solution. This was subjected to TLC (eluent dichloromethane-methanol-acetic acid 75:25:1) to give the product as one major band Rf 0.10, which was eluted with methanol and stored at -20° C. in the dark.

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