Water → 2-Chloro-4-methoxybenzaldehyde

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To suspension of sodium hydride (2.6 g; 62.6% in oil) in dimethylformamide (80 ml), a solution of 2-chloro-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (10.0 g) in dimethylformamide (50 ml) was dropped over 15 minutes. The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. Methyl iodide (4.2 ml) was dropped into the reaction mixture over 10 minutes at 0° C., and stirred for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with hexane/ethyl:acetate (1:1) The organic layer was washed with water and a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to give the title compound (10.7 g) having the following physical data.

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