Synthesis and decarbxylation of 2,3-dioxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester / Syed Mohd Anuar Syed Kamaruddin

Polyphenylene vinylene is prepared by using O-alkylation reaction of 4-methoxyphenol react with different electrophiles. The compound was successfully synthesized with moderate yield 1-(heptyloxy)-4-methoxyphenol(21%), 1-(benzyloxy)-4-methoxybenzene(37%), 1-(allyloxy)-4-methoxybenzene(29%). The electophiles that use in this experiment can be characterized using elemental and spectral studies. The spectra data suggested that electrophile in the products will give different peaks in IR spectroscopy and different values of resonance in NMR.