Question

Is Methyl Diantilis more odoriferous, more pure, and in better yield than the corresponding vanillyl ethers?

Answer 1

Methyl Diantilis has the following structure

Methyl diantilis is synthesized by the following process

The first step in the synthesis is the reduction of 3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (ethyl vanillin) to 3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol (ethyl vanillyl alcohol). In the second step, etherification of 3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol yields 3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzyl methyl ether (Methyl Diantilis).

Here you can see a vanillyl alcohol is converted to a vanillyl ether which is methyl diantillis so it cannot be more odoriferous, more pure, and in better yield than the corresponding vanillyl ether as it itself is a vanillyl ether.