Dimethylformamide → 4-Methoxy-2,6-dimethylbenzaldehyde

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To 4-bromo-3,5-dimethylanisole (a compound of Formula 5 from Example 3) (20 g, 93.0 mmol) in 500 mL of THF at -78° C. was added 120 mL of tert-Butyllithium (1.7 M in pentane). The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at -78° C. and then DMF (136.0 g, 186.0 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour at -78° C. and for 1.5 hours at room temperature, diluted with 300 mL of ether, washed with 300 mL of water, acidified 1N HC1, and 5×100 mL of brine. The organic portion was dried (MgSO4), filtered, and evaporated to give the crude product, which was purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, 90:10 hexane/ethylacetate) to yield 2,6-dimethyl-4-methoxybenzaldehyde (a compound of Formula 6), (9.50 g, 57.8 mmol, 62%) as a white solid; 1HNMR (CDCl3 δ2.61 (s, 6H), 3.83 (s, 3H), 6.6 (s, 2H), 10.5 (s, 1H).

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