Benzyl Bromide → HCID 21919169, compound

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4-(3,4,5,6-Tetramethoxy-2-methylbenzyl)-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (743 mg, 2.14 mmol) was dissolved in acetone (50 ml) and after adding thereto anhydrous sodium carbonate (593 mg, 4.30 mmol) and benzyl bromide (477 mg, 2.79 mmol), the solution was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. The reaction solution was filtered, the filtrate was concentrated and the obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexand:ethyl acetate=3:1) to obtain the titled compound (864 mg, 1.98 mmol, 93%).

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