3-Methoxybenzaldehyde → 2-Propenal, 3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-, (2E)-

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680 mg of m-anisaldehyde and 1.52 g of formylmethylenetriphenylphosphorane were dissolved in 10 ml of toluene and stirred under heating at 120 ° C. for 7 hours. The reaction solution was cooled to room temperature and purified by silica gel column chromatography [hexane/ethyl acetate=9/1→4/1] to give 199 mg of the title compound as a yellow oily substance.

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