Surajit Sinha, Bhubaneswar Mandal, S. Chandrasekaran
Apr 22, 2000
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
The potassium salt of 3-methoxy and 3,5-dimethoxy benzoic acids undergoes deprotonation at the position para to the carboxylate group selectively when treated with LIC-KOR in THF at -78 degrees C and it has been extended to the synthesis of 3,5-dimethoxy-4-methyl benzoic acid. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.