ChemSiddiqui Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Hi everyone, I was just wondering, because I did this experiment in which we had to oxidise 2-methoxyphenol to get vanillin. Use use nitrobenzene rather than any other common oxidising agent like potassium permanganate etc. I was wondering what that was? Could it be that oxidising agents like potassium permangante need to be acidified and this can dehydrate the hydroxy group on the 2-methoxyphenol and so we dont get the desired product? I am just curiuos!. Your suggestions are appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 what solvent were you using? perhaps they just chose an oxidising agent which was soluble in your solvent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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