... dihydroxybenzene,e.g. catechol 14, is obtained:OH OHOHOHOHOH121314ONamed OrganicReactions 2nd Edition Thomas Laue and Andreas PlagensVolkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, GermanyTranslated into English ... ofR2), loses a proton to yield the stable carboxylic ester 2:Named Organic Reactions, Second Edition T. Laue and A. Plagens 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ISBNs: 0-470-01040-1 (HB); 0-470-01041-X...