Water → 7-(Methylsulfanyl)-9H-xanthene-3-carbaldehyde

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Under dry nitrogen, dimethylsulphoxide (5 ml) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of oxalyl chloride (0.89 ml) in methylene chloride (5 ml) at -60° C. After 2 minutes a solution of the xanthene from step (A) (2.3 g) in dimethylsulphoxide (35 ml) was introduced dropwise over 5 minutes whilst maintaining the temperature below -50° C. with cooling. After 15 minutes triethylamine (6.20 ml) was added, the mixture allowed to warm to room temperature and then poured into water. The mixture was ethyl acetate extracted, the organic layers were combined, washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulphate and evaporated yielding the title carboxaldehyde (1.97 g), m.p. 122°-123° C.

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