Synthesis of muconic acids peracetic acid oxidation of catechols

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Monomeric and dimeric muconic acids were prepared in 30-83% yield by oxidation of catechols with peracetic acid in acetic acid.

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Synthesis Of Muconic Acids By
Peracetic Acid Oxidation Of
Catechols
A. Bruce McKague a
a Pulp & Paper Centre, and Department of Chemical
Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of
Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Canada, M5S
3E5
Published online: 17 Sep 2007.
To cite this article: A. Bruce McKague (1999) Synthesis Of Muconic Acids By Peracetic
Acid Oxidation Of Catechols, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal
for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 29:9, 1463-1475, DOI:
10.1080/00397919908086126
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