Acetic Acid → 6-(benzyloxy)-alpha-methyl-1H-benzotriazole-l-acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal

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A solution of NaNO2 (34 g, 0.492 mole) in water is added to a cold (3° C.) solution of acetic acid and water. A cold (4° C.) solution of 2-[2-amino-5-(benzyloxy)anilino]-propionaldehyde dimethyl acetal in dimethoxyethane is then added in one portion to the vigorously-stirred NaNO2 acetic acid solution. The reaction temperature rises to 22° C. The reaction mixture is stirred at 18°-22° C. for 20 minutes, cooled to 5° C., and filtered. The solid filter cake is washed with water and dried at 50° C., to give the title product as a white solid, 75.7 g (65.7%). A sample is recrystallized twice from 1:1 toluene-heptane solution to a white solid, mp 101°-103° C. (sinter 100° C.), identified by elemental and NMR analyses.

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