Hydrogen Peroxide → 7-Methoxy-6-methyl-indan-4-ol

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The stirred solution of 7-methoxy-6-methyl-indan-4-carbaldehyde (1.0 gm, 0.0060 mole) in Methanol (20 ml), Sulphuric acid (0.6 ml) was added at room temperature. To the reaction mixture, 30% Hydrogen peroxide (1.6 ml) was added and stirred for 1 hour at 0° C. Methanol was distilled under vacuum and the residue was dissolved in Ethylacetate (50 ml), further ethyl acetate layer was washed with water and evaporated to give a crude product, which upon triturating with Hexane give 600 mg title compound as a solid.

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