Hey thanks man
Sorry about about beeing unspecific that first time, i'l refine my doubts now
The first part, would be wich is the best cleavage method
Money should't be much of a problem, and I already bough
1 Kg of 99+% Eugenol (€80 / 500g, don't know if that is considered normal price) And also some PTC catalysts
(tetra n-butyl ammonium chloride, iodide, and bromide)
also 500g Pure Iodine. All solvents are ordered, already.
So in terms of reagents nothing is missing.
The main question would waht is the best yelding route to
do that cleavage (without requiring too specific equipment, since i don't want to spend even more money on more glassware. if required, nitrogen can also be bought (to protect the rections from oxygen)
the second question would be almost the same, but regarding the methylenation (formation?)
I wat thinking in "Methylenation Of Catechols with Dichloromethane", in the above mentioned document
Or at least the reaction that allow me to "scale up" and not do 10-20g quantities each time( the best would be doing about 200g on the cleavage each time, since it's time consuming) and same for formation
Sorry about this but sometimes I can't express myself in a very clear way, but I think you get the picture
thanks again