SYNTHESIS OF 3-ALKOXY-4-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACIDS FROM METHYL 3-ALKOXYBENZOATES
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 31 (3) , 455-462
- https://doi.org/10.1081/scc-100000539
Abstract
3-Alkoxy-4-hydroxyphenylacetic acids 4 were obtained from 3-alkoxyl-substituted methyl benzoates 1 by reductive alkylation, followed by allylic oxidation and hydrolysis.Keywords
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