1,2,3-Trimethoxybenzene → (3,5-Dimethoxyphenyl)-(2-hydroxy-3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methanone

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3,5-Dimethoxybenzoyl chloride (5.19 g, 25.87 mmol), 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene (4.35 g, 25.87 mmol) in anhydrous methylene chloride (40 ml), and aluminum chloride (3.79 g, 28.45 mmol) were treated in the same manner as described above for the synthesis of (2,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-(3,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-methanone. The crude material was purified via flash column chromatography (20% EtOAc in hexane) to give (3,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-(2-hydroxy-3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-methanone as a yellow solid (4.15 g, 50%); 1HNMR (CDCl3) δ 12.36 (s, 1H, OH), 7.42 (d, J=9 Hz, 1H, Ar), 6.75 (d, J=2 Hz, 2H, Ar), 6.64 (t, J=2 Hz, 1H, Ar), 6.47 (d, J=9 Hz, 1H, Ar), 3.94 (s, 6H, 2OCH3), 3.84 (s, 6H, 2OCH3); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ 200.4, 160.7, 158.9, 158.0, 140.1, 136.9, 130.3, 114.6, 107.0, 103.8, 102.9, 60.9, 56.3, 55.7; Anal. Calcd. For C17H8O6: C, 64.14; H, 5.70. Found: C, 64.29; H, 5.42; N, <0.05. The product was carried over to the next step.

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