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p-Formaldehyde Condensation

kamal - 2-10-2006 at 06:27

I'm trying to make 4-Nitro phenylethyl alcohol from p-Nitrotoluene & paraformaldehyde. But the conventional process with Triton-B/KOH in DMSO gives only 30-35% yield of final product.... :(

Can I pls get some suggetions for this route to get higher yield in this reaction ?


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