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The_Animal:
1,2,4 Trimethoxybenzene:

Is this useful for anything apart from the (Too) long and involved TMA-4 (I think!,Lycaeum is down so can't check) synth in Pikhal or the purpose of wallpaper stripping in which I found it was the sole ingredient in som old backstreet DIY shop, normally in swims area its all DCM/MeOH or Xylene or Toluene so was quite surprised to find :P
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Rhodium:
http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/pihkal/pihkal161.shtml (for the tedious preparation of TMA-5)

Formylation of your trimethoxybenzene under vilsmeyer conditions would probably give a mixture of 2,3,6-trimethoxybenzaldehyde and 2,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde.

The_Animal:
Cheers chief!
Hmmn - I think I've seen a few avenues of exploration on the 2,4,5 positioning but can't recall seeing too many with 2,3,6. Will the temperature of the distillation vary with two compunds so similar? Or would I get an (un?)interesting 2,3,6 analogue?
So basically TMA something's is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Are there any other possible synths for the chem-house challenged (Although not photographically challenged)   :(
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Rhodium:
I believe the benzaldehydes could be separated by distillation if you choose that route, but I also believe that the 2,4,5-isomer will predominate (Starting material for TMA-2).

What do you want to produce? "Anything from 1,2,4-trimethoxybenzene"?

The_Animal:
Well, I was just checking the options. It's not very often I come across otc benzene that has possible naughty uses :P
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