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Methylation of phenolic hydroxyl group and demethylation of anisoles
Sato, Nobuhiro,Endo, Hiroyuki
, p. 229 - 230 (2009)
A mild methylation of phenolic hydroxyl groups with iodomethane was enabled in the presence of sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide at room temperature. The reverse reaction, namely demethylation of methyl phenyl ethers, was easily achieved by microwave heating with neat iodotrimethylsilane.
