Acetophenone, 2-hydroxy-5-meth

Acetophenone electrolyzed at room temp, in 1 2 trifluoroacetic aciV/-methylene chloride containing tetraethylammonium fluoroborate at a Pt-anode o-hydroxy-acetophenone. Y 85%. F. e., also ar. acylaminatioii (cf. Synth. Meth. 29, 334), s. Y.-H. So, J.Y. Becker, and L.L. Miller, Chem. Common. 1975, 262. 

Preparation by adding 2-hydroxy-3-iodo-6-meth-oxy-acetophenone and cuprous oxide to a solution of sodium methyl sulfhydrate, first prepared from methanethiol and sodium hydride in DMF [2524],... 

Preparation by catalytic hydrogenolysis of 6-(benzyloxy)-2-hydroxy-4-meth-oxy-3-methyl-acetophenone in the presence of Pd/C in acetic acid (75%) [3043],... 

COCH3 - Preparation by adding a DMF solution of 4-(6-bromo-hexyloxy)-5-ethyl-2-hydroxy acetophenone to a DMF solution of meth-anethiol previously treated with sodium hydride (78%) [2671,2678,2679]. 

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