4-Methylanisole → 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde

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Reaction Steps

Into a reactor are placed 1.22 g of p-methyl anisole and 23.0 g of ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate, and 150 ml of water is further placed into the reactor. The mixture is stirred at room temperature for 6 hours. The same extraction and purification steps as in Example 1 are performed for the reaction mixture, affording anisaldehyde in a yield of 20% and a large amount of tar-like compound of unidentified structure.

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