Water → 2-chloro-6-phenoxybenzaldehyde

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A mixture of 15.8 g (100 mmol) of 2-chloro-6-fluorobenzaldehyde, 9.4 g (100 mmol) of phenol and 20.7 g (150 mmol) of potassium carbonate in 150 ml of dimethylacetamide is heated under reflux for 4 hours. The mixture is allowed to cool, water is added and the mixture is extracted 3× with tert-butyl methyl ether. The organic phases are washed with 2N sodium hydroxide solution and brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. Bulb tube distillation (175° C., 0.04 mbar) yields 19.46 g (83.64 mmol)=83.6% of 2-chloro-6-phenoxy-benzaldehyde in the form of a yellow oil; 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 200 MHz): 6.75-7.45 (m, 8H); 10.58 (s, 1H).

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