Hydrochloric Acid → 7-Methylthio-3,7-dimethyloctan-1-al

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A mixture of 5 g. of 1,1-dimethoxy-7-methylthio-3,7-dimethyloctane, 50 ml. of aqueous tetrahydrofuran (1:1) and 10 ml. of 3N hydrochloric acid is stirred at room temperature until hydrolysis is completed as followed by thin layer chromatography to give crude 7-metylthio-3,7-dimethyloctan-1-al which is worked up by extraction with ether and purified by chromatography.

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