“…2,4,5-Trimethoxybenzyl alcohol: prepared from 2,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde (Aldrich Chemical Co.) by NaBH 4 reduction; mp 72−74 °C from Et 2 O (lit . mp 70°); 1 H NMR (CDCl 3 , 500 MHz) δ 6.85 (1 H, s, H-6), 6.52 (1 H, s, H-3), 4.60 (2 H, s, CH 2 ), 3.87 (3 H, s, MeO-4), 3.82 (6 H, s, MeO-2 and MeO-5), and 2.33 (1 H, br s, OH); 13 C NMR (CDCl 3 , 125 MHz) δ 151.8 (s, C-2), 149.3 (s, C-4), 143.1 (s, C-5), 120.9 (s, C-1), 113.5 (d, C-6), 97.6 (d, C-3), 61.5 (t, CH 2 ), 56.8 (q, MeO-2 or MeO-5), 56.4 (q, MeO-4), 56.3 (q, MeO-2 or MeO-5).…”