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HRID 1752866Generated: October 28, 2026

Formaldehyde → Benzoic acid, 3-formyl-4-hydroxy-, methyl ester

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantMethylparabenHCID 7456—
ProductBenzoic acid, 3-formyl-4-hydroxy-, methyl esterHCID 21259546.3%

Reaction Steps

Proceeding as in Reference 8, but substituting methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (30.4 g, 0.20 mol, 1.0 eq.) and paraformaldehyde (42.0 g, 1.40 mol, 7.0 eq.), gave methyl 3-formyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (16.7 g) as a white solid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09162986B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_10
ORD IDord-43446d02e909406aba3c579c91f9064d
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_10