Trimethyl orthoformate → HCID 86679260, compound

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Reaction Steps

Trimethyl orthoformate (51 g) and (+)-CSA (2.3 g) were added to a methanol (0.40 L)-chloroform (0.10 L) mixed solution of ethyl 4-[(4-formylphenyl)ethynyl]benzoate (27 g) as obtained in Example 10-(1), and the mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature. A saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with chloroform. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and then the desiccant was filtered out. Then, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was purified by OH type silica gel chromatography (gradient elution with hexane/ethyl acetate=95/5→80/20) to obtain ethyl 4-{[4-(dimethoxymethyl)phenyl]ethynyl}benzoate (white solid) (21 g, 67%).

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