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Today we do a demethylation of vanillin to yield 3,4dihydroxybenzaldehyde. Next video we will do a methylation of 3,4dihydroxybenzaldehyde to yield piperonal. I swear it's not for drugs!! Thanks for watching!

Sources:
https://erowid.org/archive/rhodium/ch...

https://www.acs.org/moleculeofthew....

https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/pr...


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