Pyridine hydrochloride and vanillin demethylation

First published at 14:32 UTC on June 17th, 2018.
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We firstly prepare pyridine hydrochloride, get this as dry as we can (very difficult!) and then see if this can be used as a demethylation reagent for vanillin to produce protocatechualdehyde.

CategoryScience & Technology
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