Practical synthesis of 2,3,4,5-tetramethoxytoluene

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1961-1965

  Ji, Yafei ^a   Xu, Wanmei ^a   Jin, Wenhu ^a   Weimin, Yue ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

2,3,4,5 tetramethoxytoluene; 3,4,5 trimethoxybenzadehyde; Coenzyme Q10; Dakin reaction; Methylation; Vilsmeier Haack reaction; Wolff Kishner reduction

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAMETHOXYTOLUENE; 3,4,5 TRIMETHOXYBENZADEHYDE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; METHYLATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; VILSMEIER HAACK REACTION; WOLFF KISHNER REDUCTION;

EID: 33745295650     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910600633995     Document Type: Article

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