Water → (3-Methoxy-1,2-phenylene)dimethanol

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A solution of 3-methoxyphthalic acid (19.6 g, 0.1 mol) in 100 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added to 10 g (0.263 mol) of lithium aluminum hydride in 500 ml of anhydrous ether at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant reflux. The mixture was refluxed for 2 hours after the addition was completed. It was cooled and decomposed by the addition of 10 ml of water, 20 ml of 10% sodium hydroxide and 40 ml of water. The resulting solid was separated by filtration and washed with tetrahydrofuran. The combined filtrates were concentrated to give 12 g of 3-methoxy-o-xylene-α,α'-diol; m.p. 95°.

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