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[*] posted on 3-3-2014 at 02:54
Sesamol to 1,3-benzodioxole


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Can sesamol (1,3-benzodioxole with an added OH) be converted to 1,3-benzodioxole by refluxing with zinc dust or another method? As if changing phenol to benzene? Or would this destroy the bridged oxygens?

Alternatively, is it possible to replace the OH in sesamol with bromine?

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[*] posted on 3-3-2014 at 03:03


Would addition of tosylate remove the OH and make a better leaving group?

Or could the OH be protonated by HBr into a H20 leaving group and have the Br- from the acid as the nucleophile?
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[*] posted on 29-12-2014 at 16:17


This is what im intresting too, I think you have to make it with a lewis acid (ZnCl2) and anhydrous HCl ( gassing with NaCl and H2SO4 ), im almost think it works, yust try and we wil see z@Z :P
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[*] posted on 5-1-2015 at 06:14


this thread will clear all your "doubts" :mad::mad::mad:

https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/Vespiary/talk/in...

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Can sesamol (1,3-benzodioxole with an added OH) be converted to 1,3-benzodioxole by refluxing with zinc dust


that is an interesting question.actually I never really understood the details of that reaction.do we react the phenol with Zn dust only or something else also
I found an incomplete sentence but when I went to that site I cant find the full sentence
go to the last site on this page
https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=1ZmqVK_yLdDM8gfxm...

this is the incomplete sentence
"A benzene ring is often shown with a circle inside a hexagon (in American texts) ...... diazonium ion at 0–5°C. Above 5°C, it will decompose to give phenol and N2. .... or it can be performed using zinc dust in a solution of either heated ethanol or ...... " :(

[Edited on 5-1-2015 by CuReUS]
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