Sulfuric Acid → 4-Methylanisole

HRID 2057682Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2057682 reaction equation
S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[CH3:6][O:7][C:8]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:11]([CH:14]=O)=[CH:12][CH:13]=1>>[CH3:6][O:7][C:8]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:11]([CH3:14])=[CH:12][CH:13]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 1118Sulfuric Acid2×HCID 312444-Methoxybenzaldehyde

Product 1

HCID 77314-MethylanisoleYield 54.1%

Procedure

When the above experiment was repeated using 17.5 grams of sulfuric acid in the electrolyte, there was observed a current yield of 44.0% with a 51.8% selectivity to anisaldehyde. In addition, the current efficiency was 84.9%. Again, when the experiment was repeated using 32 grams of sulfuric acid, the oxidation of p-methoxytoluene resulted in a current yield of 54.1%, a 54.1% selectivity to the aldehyde and a 100% current efficiency.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7d9fee1d09244e558308d2c00b15e9b3
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1980_07
Patent number
US04212711

Reaction notes

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