Molecules (Oct 2000)

Synthesis of Regioselectively Protected Protocatechuic Acid Derivatives by Biomimetic Transformation of Quinic Acid

  • Cristiana Melchioni,
  • Francesco Bonadies,
  • Armandodoriano Bianco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/51001094
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 10
pp. 1094 – 1100

Abstract

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3- and 4-monoesterified protocatechuic acid methyl ester (5 and 7 respectively) have been synthesised from quinic acid by a high yields biomimetic rearrangement.

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