98258-76-5Relevant articles and documents
Improved Synthesis of 6-Hydroxy-5-methoxy- and 5-Hydroxy-6-methoxyindoles and Their O-Acetates, Analogs of Natural Eumelanin Precursors.
Rogers, C. Bradford,Blum, Charles A.,Murphy, Bryan P.
, p. 941 - 943 (2007/10/02)
Improved routes for syntheses of gram quantities of the isomeric 5,6-acetoxymethoxyindoles, and milligram amounts of the 5,6-hydroxymethoxyindoles, have been developed.They depend on regiospecific nitration of the benzyl ethers of vanillin and isovanillin