Chemical Properties
light yellow to brownish crystalline solid
Uses
2,6-Dimethoxytoluene is used as an organic chemical synthesis intermediate.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 78, p. 771, 1956
DOI: 10.1021/ja01585a020
Purification Methods
Sublime 2,6-dimethoxytoluene in vacuo. Distil it (preferably under reduced pressure) and/or recrystallise it from pentane, EtOH or aqueous MeOH. [Sankaraman et al. J Am Chem Soc 109 5235 1987]. [Beilstein 6 H 872, 6 III 4513, 6 IV 5877.]
