Acetic Acid → 2-Methyl-3-[4-(2-methylbutan-2-yl)phenyl]prop-2-enal

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Reaction Steps

162.2 g of p-tert.amyl-benzaldehyde are added under nitrogen gasification to a solution of 1.56 g of potassium hydroxide in 113 ml of methanol and 48.8 g of propionaldehyde are subsequently added dropwise at 40° C. over a period of 6 hours. The mixture is subsequently stirred at 40° C. for an additional hour, 2 ml of acetic acid are added and the mixture is concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The oily suspension is taken up in ether, washed neutral with water, dried and evaporated. By distillation there is obtained pure 3-(p-tert.amyl-phenyl)-2-methyl-acrolein of boiling point 117°-120° C./0.035 Torr.

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