Methyl morpholine oxide → 4-Phenyl-3-furaldehyde

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A mixture of 4-phenyl-3-furanmethanol (458 mg, 2.63 mmol), powdered 4A molecular sieves (500 mg), 4-methyl-morpholine-N-oxide (462 mg, 3.95 mmol) and tetrapropylammonium perruthenate (46 mg, 0.13 mmol) in anhydrous dichloromethane (40 ml) were stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. Residue was filtered through silica and concentrated to a brown oil which was purified by flash chromatography on silica using 10% ethyl ether/hexanes to give the titled aldehyde.

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