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In the Laboratory
Vanillin Synthesis from 4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde
Douglass F. Taber, Shweta Patel, Travis M. Hambleton, and Emma E. Winkel
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
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July 2007
Vol. 84 No. 7
p. 1158

Abstract
A simple and safe preparation of vanillin from 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde is described. This synthesis is appropriate for undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory courses.
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Taber, Douglass F.; Patel, Shweta; Hambleton, Travis M.; Winkel, Emma E. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1158.
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Keywords
Aldehydes / Ketones; Copper; Ethers; Food Science; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; Laboratory Instruction; Microscale Lab; Natural Products; Organic Chemistry; Second-Year Undergraduate; Synthesis; Thin Layer Chromatography; Transition Elements; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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