I was comparing Methyl Man and Brightstars write ups for the p-benzo wacker and I'm probably wrong but I may have found an inconsistency. Both procedures use relatively the same amount of safrole, PdCl2, and p-benzo, and the only real difference is the reaction medium; 400ml methanol in MM's write up and 300ml DMF in the Brightstar write up. Anyway, after the wacker reaction is complete, MM indicates to create 1.7L 3N (~10%) HCl solution using 500ml of 31% HCL and flood the reaction mixture with it. Brightstar, on the other hand, indicates to create the HCL solution with only 50ml of HCl (Muriatic Acid, same as 31% HCL) and 1.5L of water. Why is there such a big difference between the amount of HCl used to create the HCl/dH2O solution for flooding the reaction contents?