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An Organic Synthesis Laboratory Exercise: Preparation of 2-Methoxyanthracene

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2-Methoxyanthracene (target), a non-natural polycyclic aromatic compound, was obtained from the commercially available phthalic anhydride (starting material) through familiar reactions but a new approach.

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  1. Departamento de Química Orgánica, Instituto de Química Orgánica de Síntesis (IQUIOS), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, CONICET—Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Casilla de Correo 991, 2000, Rosario, Argentina

    Guillermo R. Labadie & Raquel M. Cravero

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Correspondence to Raquel M. Cravero.

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Labadie, G.R., Cravero, R.M. An Organic Synthesis Laboratory Exercise: Preparation of 2-Methoxyanthracene. Chem. Educator 4, 219–220 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00897990337a

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