3-Methoxybenzoic Acid → HCID 10964594, compound

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To synthesize methyl cis-3,5-dihydroxy-5-(trimethylsilylethynyl)cyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxylate, m-anisic acid is subjected to the Birch reduction with lithium in ammonia to produce 5-oxocyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxylic acid, followed by methylation of thus-produced cyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxylic acid to methyl 5-oxocyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxylate with diazomethane, trimethylsilyl-ethynylation of thus-produced cyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxylate with cerium dichloride trimethylsilylacetylene to produce methyl cis-5-hydroxy-5-(trimethylsilylethynyl)cyclohex-2-ene-1-carboxylate, conversion to an epoxide and opening of the resulting epoxide ring to produce the cis-3,5-dihydroxy compound.

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