Phosphorus oxychloride → 2,3,4,5-Tetramethoxybenzaldehyde

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Following the procedure by Syper et al.,19 N-methylformanilide (1.0 mL, 8.1 mmol) was added to a flame dried 10 mL round bottom flask under argon and a drying tube. POCl3 (1.0 mL, 11 mmol) was added at room temperature and the Argon line was removed. After 5 minutes 18 (1.067 g, 5.38 mmol) was dissolved in CH2Cl2 (2.0 mL) and added at room temperature. The reaction was stirred at room temperature under a drying tube for 48 hrs and monitored by 1H NMR. When complete the reaction was diluted with EtOAc, washed with saturated brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered, and condensed. The resulting product was separated from remaining N-methylformanilide using flash chromatography (1:4 Et2O:hexanes) to provide 19 (1.141 g, 5.04 mmol, 94%) as a colorless oil.

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