Bromine → 5-bromo-3-tert-butyl-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde

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Bromine (747 g) was gradually added to a solution of the 3-(tert-butyl)-2-(methoxymethoxy)benzaldehyde (1247 g, 4.67 mol) in methanol (4000 ml) while cooling on ice. After stirring at 20° C. for 1 hour, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, ethyl acetate was added to the residue, the mixture was washed with water, saturated sodium aqueous hydrogencarbonate and brine in that order and the organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The organic layer was concentrated under reduced pressure to yield a crude product of the title compound (1333 g) as a red oil.

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