3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzyl alcohol → 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde

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Reaction Steps

To this oxydation mixture, g 19.8 of 3,4,5-trimethoxy benzyl alcohol dissolved in 160 ml of glacial acetic acid are very slowly added under continuous stirring. The mixture is kept reacting during 30' after the end of the addition and is then cooled, diluted with water and extracted with CHCl3 (3 fractions of 200 ml each).

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