Thanks,
The only reason I'm asking is because of the way I keep reading this sentence;
By using a modification of Fujisawa and Deguchi's [2] synthesis of 3,4-methylenedioxybenzyl methyl ketone, the trans-beta-methylstyrene by-product of the previous reaction was also converted to P-2-P. This conversion was accomplished by dropping an acetone/trans-beta-methylstyrene solution into a stirred solution of hydrogen peroxide in formic acid [2,3]. The acidic solution was refluxed and, then, neutralized and extracted with CH2Cl2.. After Evaporating most of the CH2Cl2, the extracted mixture of glycol and glycol esters was stirred stirred and heated in a solution of methanol and dilute sulfuric acid. The resulting solution was neutralized with aqueous base and extracted with CH2Cl2 to yield phenyl-2-propanone (93%). The sequence shown in Fig. 3 was adapted from Fujisawa and Deguchi.
I keep seeing this sentence as being written in sequence. First he says that it was refluxed and extracted. In the next sentence, he refers to the "extracted" glycol and esters being used for hydrolysis. So when he says "acid solution was refluxed", I don't think he's talking about hydrolysis. That's the way I see it. And I think that's the modification he's refering too. Am I reading right?
Thanks,
FF.