Chemical Properties
Clear slightly yellow viscous liquid
Uses
4-Allyloxybenzaldehyde is used as pharmaceutical intermediates.
Uses
4-Allyloxybenzaldehyde may be used in the preparation of:
- 4,6,4′,6′-O-di-4-allyloxybenzylidene-α,α-D-trehalose
- 3-allyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde
- (±)-4-allyloxymethamphetamine (ALLMA)
General Description
4-Allyloxybenzaldehyde can be prepared by reacting 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and allylbromide in the presence of a base.4 It can undergo chemoselective dithioacetalization in the presence of cobalt(II)chloride.
