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HRID 247955Generated: October 30, 2026

Potassium Iodide → HCID 54425506, compound

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPotassium IodideHCID 4875—
ReactantMethyl Ethyl KetoneHCID 6569—
ReactantPotassium CarbonateHCID 11430—
ReactantMethyl VanillateHCID 19844—
ProductHCID 54425506HCID 54425506—

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 28.5 g 3-methoxy-4-(hydroxy)benzoic acid methyl ester, 25.94 g of finely powdered potassium carbonate, 0.070 g potassium iodide and 285 ml of 2-butanone is heated at reflux temperature for 41 hours. The reaction is cooled and filtered. The filtrate is concentrated in vacuo and recrystallized from hexane to give 40.8 g of the desired product as white crystals.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05208247
Source datasetuspto-grants-1993_05
ORD IDord-1b2a8268a7074a4cba94bdc2b050eabc
Source noteuspto-grants-1993_05