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ScienceAsia 8 (1982): 119-121 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.1982.08.119

 

A CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF OLIVETOL DIMETHYL ETHER AND HOMOLOGUES

 

SURACHAI NIMGIRAWATH and KALAYA ANULAKANAPAKORN

ABSTRACT: The dimethyl ethers of olivetol, 5-n-heptylresorcinol and 5-n-nonylresorcinol have been synthesised from the corresponding 3,5-dibromo-alkylbenzenes by a copper-catalysed displacement with sodium methoxide

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Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University, Nakotn Pathom, Thailand.

Received 19 March 1982