Regioselective Reductive Alkylation of 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde Dimethylacetal: A New Synthesis of 4-Alkyl-3,5-dimethoxybenzaldehydes and 2,5-Dialkyl-1,3-dimethoxybenzenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1990-26861

The regioselective replacement of the 4-methoxy group of 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde dimethylacetal by an alkyl group under reductive electron-transfer conditions has been employed as a key step in a new synthesis of 2,5-dialkyl-1,3-dimethoxybenzenes via the corresponding 4-alkyl-3,5-dimethoxybenzaldehydes.