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Eugenol Synthesis Lab Report

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In the figure above showed the mechanism of synthesizing methyl eugenol from eugenol. In order to successfully synthesize methyl eugenol, the eugenol went under an SN2 reaction where the potassium carbonate and the tetrabutylammonium bromide deprotonated the phenolic group of the eugenol. Once the phenolic group deprotonated, the conjugate base of eugenol attacks the dimethyl carbonate and that caused a substitution reaction with methyl carbonate, creating methyl eugenol. The mechanism regarding the synthesis of 2-allyl-4,5-dimethoxyphenol and trans-coniferyl alcohol (sex pheromones) was made due to the breakdown of methyl eugenol (pheromone precursor) through bacteria dorsalis enzymes. The objective of this lab was to synthesize methyl eugenol

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