Formaldehyde → Formaldehyde

HRID 1683423Notes

Reaction equation

[O-:1][C:2]1C=CC=CC=1.[O-:8][C:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=1.[Mg+2].[CH2:16]=[O:17]>>[CH2:2]=[O:1].[CH:9](=[O:8])[C:10]1[C:16](=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=1)[OH:17]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 13616137Magnesium di(phenolate)

Product 2

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 6998Salicylaldehyde

Procedure

reacting magnesium bis-phenoxide with formaldehyde or a formaldehyde-liberating compound under substantially anhydrous conditions to form the magnesium salt of salicylaldehyde, said magnesium bis-phenoxide having been obtained by reacting phenol with a magnesium alkoxide of formula 4;

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-3c4451de02a545d681c8cc5d73af3c1a
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1997_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05637750

Reaction notes

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