Journal of the American Chemical Society

Reactions of Vanillin and its Derived Compounds. XXIII. 1 The Synthesis of 4, 4'-Dihydroxy-3, 3'-dimethoxybenzophenone2, 3

IA Pearl

Index: Pearl Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1954 , vol. 76, p. 3635

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Abstract

Vanillovanillone (4, 4'-dihydroxy-3, 3'-dimethoxybenzophenone) was synthesized from vanillil vie the benzilic acid rearrangement of the bis-benzyl ether of vanillil and oxidative decarboxylation of the bis-benzyl ether of vanillilic acid thus obtained. The bis-benzyl ether of vanillovanillone was debenzylated to the desired vanillovanillone which was found to be identical with the product isolated from the oxidation of lignosulfonates or vanillil with ...