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Topic: P-dimethyloxybenzene to 2,5-Dimethoxybenzaldehyde??  (Read 3047 times)

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P-dimethyloxybenzene to 2,5-Dimethoxybenzaldehyde??
« on: December 08, 2009, 01:55:43 PM »
hey i was wondering if this would work

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Re: P-dimethyloxybenzene to 2,5-Dimethoxybenzaldehyde??
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2009, 05:04:06 PM »
I'm not sure you'd be able to selectively oxidise up to the aldehyde, but you can do the F-C with something like SnCl2 / paraformaldehyde or similar.

Note your SM is simply p-dimethoxybenzene (no yl) in the name

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