Water → 2-(2,4,5-Trimethoxyphenyl)propanal

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A mixture of 2,4,5 trimethoxy phenyl propene (1 mmol), N-bromosuccinimide (1.5 mmol), water (12 ml), DMSO (3 ml), cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (0.3 mmol) was taken in a 100 ml Erlenmeyer flask fitted with loose funnel at the top. The flask was shaken well and placed inside the multimode microwave oven and irradiated (900 W) for 8 minutes in parts. After completion of reaction, the reaction mixture was worked up as in example-1 to provide the corresponding 2-(2,4,5 trimethoxy phenyl)propionaldehyde (45% yield) whose spectral data matched with that mentioned in example-1.

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