Hydrochloric Acid → 2-(Prop-2-en-1-yl)benzaldehyde

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BuLi (1.55 M in hexane, 14.7 mL, 22.7 mmol) was added to a sol. of 1-bromo-2-(dimethoxymethyl)benzene (5.00 g, 21.6 mmol) in Et2O (50 mL). The mixture was stirred for 30 min at −78 ° C. and MgBr2.Et2O (5.87 g, 22.7 mmol) was added. The mixture was allowed to warm up to 0° C. over 15 min and CuI (420 mg, 2.16 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 5 min and allyl bromide (1.92 mL, 22.7 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred overnight while warming up to rt. Aq. 1M HCl (1 mL) was added and the mixture was diluted with Et2O, and washed with aq. 1M HCl (1×). The org. Extracts were dried over MgSO4, filtered, and the solvents were removed under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in acetone (20 mL) and water (10 mL), and TosOH (cat. amount) was added. The mixture was stirred for 5 h at rt, and the solvents were partially removed under reduced pressure. The residue was diluted with Et2O, and washed with aq. 1M HCl (1×), and aq. sat. NaHCO3 (1×). The org. extracts were dried over MgSO4, filtered, and the solvents were removed under reduced pressure. Purification of the residue by FC (Et2O/petroleum ether 1:49→24:1) yielded 2-allylbenzaldehyde (1.06 g, 34%). This compound was transformed into the title compound following typical procedure J with cyclopropylamine.

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