Preparation of coniferyl alcohol

Joseph Sampson, 8/31/21

This is a continuation of a project started by A. Tibbs in 2018 and continued by Rachel Sitko.

Reference 1: http://esr.monmsci.net/wiki/images/7/76/Alcohol_synthesis_procedure.pdf Reference 2: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf506221p

- 1st step) Esterification of Coumaric acid (replace H with ethyl group)

- 2nd step) Reduction of Ethyl coumarate (replace C=O with two H's and ethyl group with H)

ChemSketch link: https://www.acdlabs.com/resources/freeware/chemsketch/index.php