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A mild and convenient procedure for the conversion of toxic β-asarone into rare phenylpropanoids: 2,4,5-Trimethoxycinnamaldehyde and γ-asarone
Sinha, Arun K.,Acharya, Ruchi,Joshi, Bhupendra P.
, p. 764 - 765 (2002)
Oxidation of β-asarone (2) with DDQ gave trans-2,4,5- trimethoxycinnamaldehyde (3), which on treatment with p-toluenesulfonyl hydrazine provided corresponding α,β-unsaturated hydrazone derivative (4). Reduction of 4 with sodium borohydride in acetic acid afforded γ-asarone (1) in 43% yield.
