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Chemoselective O-methylation of phenols under non-aqueous condition

A Basak, MK Nayak, AK Chakraborti

Index: Basak, Anindita; Nayak, Mrinal K.; Chakraborti, Asit K. Tetrahedron Letters, 1998 , vol. 39, # 27 p. 4883 - 4886

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Chemoselective O-methylation of substituted phenols takes place in dry tetrahydrofuran (THF) in the presence of LiOH.H 2 O and dimethylsulfate (DMS). Quantitative methyl transfer from DMS preserves the atom economy. ... Phenols are chemoselectively protected as ...