4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde → 4-(Cyclobutylmethoxy)benzaldehyde

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To a suspension of sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 0.328 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (15.0 mL), a solution of 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (1.00 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (5.00 mL) was added at 0° C. and thereafter the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. After adding (bromomethyl)cyclobutane (1.22 g), the mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 24 hours. After cooling the reaction mixture to room temperature, 0.5 mol/L hydrochloric acid was added under cooling with ice and three extractions were conducted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were passed through a phase separator and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=95:5-40:60) to give the titled compound as a colorless oil (1.19 g).

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