Water → 2-Bromo-4,6-dimethoxybenzaldehyde

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A solution of 1-bromo-3,5-dimethoxybenzene (10.0 g, 46.1 mmol) in DMF (40 mL) was treated with POCl3 (6.32 mL, 69.1 mmol) at 0° C. and heated to 100° C. for 6 h. The reaction was cooled to room temperature and water (40 mL) was added. The resulting mixture was heated to 50° C. 1 h. The reaction was cooled down and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was separated, dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography (silica, hexanes/ethyl acetate=2:1) to give the title compound (7.26 g, 65%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 10.24 (s, 1H), 6.81 (s, 1H), 6.42 (s, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 3.93 (s, 3H).

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