A convenient synthesis of 3,4-dimethoxy-5-hydroxybenzaldehyde

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919808006854

Synthesis of 3,4-dimethoxy-5-hydroxybenzaldehyde (1) in three steps from vanillin with the key step being a copper catalyzed hydrolysis of 5- bromovanillin to give 4,5-dihydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde.

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A Convenient Synthesis
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hydroxybenzaldehyde
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James E. Ellis & Steven R. Lenger
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Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Division,
Warner Lambert Co., Chemical Development
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Synthesis of 3,4-Dimethoxy-5-hydroxybenzaldehyde, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 28:9,
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