example 2 describes a 1pot rnx
Patent US5003091
, 1991-03-26
CROCHEMORE MICHEL (FR) ; RHONE POULENC CHIMIE (FR)
3-Methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxybenzaldehyde is facilely and improvedly
prepared by reacting 4,5-dihydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde with a
dihalomethane in a two-phase reaction medium and at a pH of from 7 to 12.
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