4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid methyl ester_Kain Industrial Additive

Background and overview[1] Methyl 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate can be used to prepare hydroxytyrosol. Hydroxytyrosol, whose chemical name is 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylethanol, is a hydroxyaromatic compound. Natural hydroxytyrosol rarely exists in free form in nature. It is only found to be obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis of oleuropein by β-glycosidase and esterase during the ripening process of olive fruits. Hydroxytyrosol is…