A convenient, high-yielding method for the methylation of catechols

✍ Scribed by A.P. Bashall; J.F. Collins

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 110 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)91391-1

✦ Synopsis

The methylenedioxy group occurs in m8ny natural products' and, in addition, has been suggested 8s a protecting group for catechols*. However, synthetically, the methylenation of catechols [FIG l] h 8s never been easy and high yields difficult to obtain 3 .