I was just reading this https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/25-dimethoxybenzaldehyde.html (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/25-dimethoxybenzaldehyde.html)
And I was wondering there was talked about nonylphenol, is this the same as phenol crystals.
And can I make 4-methoxyphenol.
Out of phenol and MeOH and Mg (which makes magnesium methoxide after refluxing it).
And then after I got 4-methoxyphenol I dissolve it in NaOH solution. Then added to that chloroform.
Then I get 2-hydroxy-5 methoxybenzaldehyde after refluxing and distilling it under reduced pressure, and acidifing it and extracting with toluene etc.