5-Benzyloxyresorcinol, A Monoprotected Phloroglucinol

DS Nagvekar, HW Gibson

Index: Nagvekar, Devdatt S.; Gibson, Harry W. Organic Preparations and Procedures International, 1997 , vol. 29, # 2 p. 240 - 242

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Abstract

5-Benzyloxyresorcino1 (6) is a key intermediate in our synthetic schemes directed toward diand mono-functionalized bis (m-phenylene) crown and related cryptands. The previous onestep synthesis of 5-benzyloxyresorcinol (6) from phloroglucinol (1) gave only a 9% yield. x Although our attempts to improve this method failed, herein we report an alternative synthesis that affords an improved overall yield of the target compound.