Any leads on getting an extra OH on tyrosine in the 3 position?? Or even getting it there on 4 OH amphetamine. It seems that such a thing would bust the benzene ring (to me that is). And before someone posts it, a halogenation followed by hydroxylation (with NaOH) doesnt work on aromatics. It would be nice to make some progress here, as I think the Kolbe works pretty good on phenylalanine, an extra OH on tyrosine, followed by bridging the OH's with a MeX2 would be beautiful.
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