Editing Methoxy group (section)

===Methoxylation===
Organic methoxides are often produced by [[methylation]] of alkoxides.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Scarrow |first1=J. A. |last2=Allen |first2=C. F. H. |year=1933 |title=Methoxyacetonitrile |journal=Org. Synth. |volume=13 |page=56 |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.013.0056}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cornella |first1=Josep |last2=Zarate |first2=Cayetana |last3=Martin |first3=Ruben |year=2014 |title=Ni-catalyzed Reductive Cleavage of Methyl 3-Methoxy-2-Naphthoate |journal=Org. Synth. |volume=91 |pages=260–272 |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.091.0260 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Some aryl methoxides can be synthesized by metal-catalyzed methylation of [[phenol]]s, or by methoxylation of [[aryl halide]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cheung |first1=Chi Wai |last2=Buchwald |first2=Stephen L. |title=Mild and General Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Methyl Aryl Ethers Enabled by the Use of a Palladacycle Precatalyst |journal=Organic Letters |date=2 August 2013 |volume=15 |issue=15 |pages=3998–4001 |doi=10.1021/ol401796v |pmid=23883393 |pmc=3776604}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tolnai |first1=Gergely L. |last2=Pethő |first2=Bálint |last3=Králl |first3=Péter |last4=Novák |first4=Zoltán |title=Palladium-Catalyzed Methoxylation of Aromatic Chlorides with Borate Salts |journal=Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis |date=13 January 2014 |volume=356 |issue=1 |pages=125–129 |doi=10.1002/adsc.201300687}}</ref>