"Total Synthesis of Carpacin and Its Geometric Isomer ... "
Journ. of the Chin. Chem. Society 2000, 47, 1165-1169
Available online (full): http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~ccswww/zj-OR-2000-P1165.PDF (http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~ccswww/zj-OR-2000-P1165.PDF)
As it says, it describes the synthesis of carpacin (6-methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxy-1-allylbenzene) from sesamol (3,4-methylenedioxyphenol).
great find Trypstar !
send this good pdf over to rhodium !
you find his present email-address at the end of his page:
https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/index.html (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/index.html)
this is good new material for a MMDA-2 section on
rhodium's page, that i suggested some days ago in Post 324781 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=6025.msg32478100#msg32478100)
(3base: "Re: does it give a % of the oil", Chemicals & Equipment).
> As it says, it describes the synthesis of carpacin
(6-methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxy-1-allylbenzene) from sesamol
(3,4-methylenedioxyphenol).
a little error-correction:
carpacin is a propenylbenzene, that is also an excellent
precursor. here are some other possible names:
carpacin
= 1,2-methylenedioxy-5-methoxy-4-trans-propenylbenzene
= 3,4-MD-6-MeO-(E)-propenylbenzene
= 6-methoxy-trans-isosafrole
= 6-MeO-(E)-isosafrole
according to shulgin, the allyl isomer is called asaricin, see:
TMA (http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/pihkal/pihkal157.shtml)
(http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/pihkal/pihkal157.shtml)