Dichloromethane → 2-Chloro-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propanal

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N-Chlorosuccinimide (980 mg, 0.0073 mol) was added to a mixture of 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propanal (1.0 g, 6.1 mmol) and D-proline (40 mg, 0.3 mmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL, 200 mmol) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was warmed to RT after 1 h, quenched with water, and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash chromatography eluting with ethyl acetate in hexanes to give the desired product (860 mg). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 9.52 (s, 1H), 7.18 (dd, 2H), 6.84 (dd, 2H), 4.36 (m, 1H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.32 (m, 1H), 3.02 (m, 1H).

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