3-Phenoxy 1-propanol → 3-Phenoxypropanal

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3-Phenoxypropan-1-ol (3.17 g, 20.86 mmol) was dissolved dichloromethane (25 mL) and pyridinium chlorochromate (6.76 g, 31.28 mmol) was added. The slurry was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and then filtered through silica gel eluting with an ethyl acetate/hexanes gradient. The desired compound was isolated as a yellow oil (1.1 g).

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