Dimethylformamide → 3,5-Dimethylanisole

Participants

Reaction Steps

3,5-xylenol (10 g, 0.082 mol) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (34 g, 0.25 mol) were added into DMF (150 mL) and then iodomethane (12.8 g, 0.090 mmol) was dropped under an ice bath. The system was stirred overnight at room temperature. At the end of reaction, the reaction system was added with water and then extracted with ethyl acetate, and the organic phase was washed with saturated brine, then dried and evaporated in vacuum to obtain 10 g of the product (90%) by column chromatography.

Provenance & Evidence