4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde → 4-[2-(4-Formylphenoxy)ethyl]benzonitrile

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8.55 g (38 mmole) 4-cyanophenethyl methanesulfonate, 4.64 g (38 mmole) p-hydroxybenzaldehyde and 18.7 g (57 mmole) cesium carbonate in 150 ml acetonitrile was refluxed over night. The salt was filtered off and the solvent evaporated in vacuo. The residue was treated with 2 M sodium hydroxide and dichloromethane. The organic phase was dried and evaporated in vacuo. Purification by chromatography on silica gel using dichloromethane as eluent gave 1.6 g (yield 17%) of 4-[2-(4-formylphenoxy)ethyl]benzonitrile.

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