Archive for January, 2010

Successful Dimethylation and Isolation of gallacetophenone dimethyl ether

Hey! Finally was able to isolate the dimethly ether of gallacetophenone. Here is what the TLC looked like

Apparently the reactant (right in the tlc) has converted almost completely to the product. The reaction conditions were as follows :
3.36 gm of gallacetophenone(0.02 moles) and 15.8 gm (0.1 mole) was added in 100 ml acetone and refluxed [...]

Posted on January 26, 2010 at 6:25 pm by Jyot Vakharia · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Synthetic Chemistry