Ethanol → 3-(Diethoxymethyl)benzaldehyde

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A mixture of isophthalaldehyde (21.44 g, 160 mmol), ammonium chloride (0.34 g, 6.38 mmol) in anhydrous ethanol (23.2 g, 480 mmol) was cooled to 0° C., then triethyl orthoformate was added drop-wise. After the addition, the mixture was warmed to 40° C. and stirred for two days. The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated to give crude product. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, petroleum ether/ethyl acetate=200:1 to 100:1) to give 3-(diethoxymethyl)benzaldehyde (25.4 g, yield 76%) as a colorless oil. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.23-1.27 (m, 6H), 3.53-3.67 (m, 4H), 5.58 (s, 1H), 7.52-7.56 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.74-7.77 (dd, J1=7.6 Hz, J2=3.6 Hz, 1H), 8.00 (s, 1H), 10.04 (s, 1H); LC-MS (ESI) m/z: 209 (M+1)+.

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