| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for industrially and inexpensively producing 3,4-dimethoxybenzenethiol which is useful as an intermediate for producing various medicines, agricultural chemicals, functional materials and the like. SOLUTION: The following formula (1); When reducing 3,4-dimethoxybenzenesulfonyl chloride represented by the following formula with zinc or tin in the presence of a mineral acid, a lead compound is added for reduction, and the following formula (2): A method for producing 3,4-dimethoxybenzenethiol represented by the formula: |