Electrochemical Deconstructive Methoxylation of Arylalcohols-A Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigation.

For 2‐arylalcohols that are proposed to undergo deconstructive methoxylation via the formation of primary benzylic radical intermediates (left column, top 3 rows), a clear trend in conversion to the corresponding methyl ether product, (methoxymethyl)benzene, was observed, with the 3° alcohol giving 60 % conversion, the 2° alcohol giving only 39 % conversion, whilst the 1° alcohol was found to be unreactive.

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