Process for the preparation of 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanol
US6403843B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/584
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The subject of our invention is the process for the preparation of the 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanol of formula (I), by the reduction of 3,4-dimethoxyacetophenone of formula (II), characterized in that the carbonyl group of the 3,4-dimethoxyacetophenone of formula (II) is reduced by 1 mol of hydrogen under the conditions of catalytic hydrogenation.
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