Reactions of vanillin and its derived compounds. I. The reaction of vanillin with silver oxide1

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Index: Pearl Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1946 , vol. 68, p. 429

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Therefore, the original compound must have been either 4, 4 '-dihydroxy-3, 3'- dimethoxydiphenyl-methane (11) or 4, 3'-dihydroxy-3, 4'-dirnethoxydi-phenylmethane (111). Formula (11) assumes that formaldehyde and water split off between two alcohol groups and formula (111) assumes that condensation took place meta to the hydroxyl group with subsequent splitting off of formalde. hyde. Because phenolic hydroxyl groups are strong ...