Scheme 1.
O-demethylation of guaiacol to form catechol and formaldehyde (A) and syringol to form pyrogallol and two formaldehydes (B). The singly demethylated species, 3MC, is expected to form as an intermediate in reaction (B). See Fig. 1.
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