Acetone → HCID 86642600, compound

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To an aqueous 10% sodium hydroxide solution (4.3 mL, 1.0 M) was added slowly dropwise a mixture of an ethanol (4.3 mL, 1.0 M) solution of 3,5-dimethoxy-4-prop-2-ynyloxybenzaldehyde (0.95 g, 4.3 mmol) and acetone (1.27 mL, 17.3 mmol), and the resultant mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature, followed by addition of 10% hydrochloric acid. The mixture was then extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with saturated saline, dried over magnesium sulfate, and evaporated under reduced pressure to give a residue which was subjected to silica gel chromatography. A white solid (605 mg, 54%) was obtained from an ethyl acetate/hexane eluent (1:1 v/v).

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