Ethylene Glycol → HCID 11301269, compound

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A suspension of 3,5-dibromo-benzaldehyde (20.0 g, 75.8 mmol, 1.0 equiv; [CAS RN 56990-02-4]), ethane-1,2-diol (12.7 mL, 14.1 g, 227.3 mmol, 3.0 equiv) and p-toluene sulfonic acid monohydrate (0.29 g, 1.52 mmol, 0.02 equiv) in toluene (50 mL) was heated to reflux under Dean-Stark conditions for 1 h. The reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×200 mL), the combined organic phases washed with a sat. solution of sodium carbonate (4×50 mL) and dried over MgSO4. Removal of the solvent by evaporation under reduced pressure yielded 23.3 g (100%) of the title compound. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 4.00-4.12 (m, 4H), 5.76 (s, 1H), 7.55-7.56 (m, 2H), 7.65-7.66 (m, 1H). MS (EI): 306.8 [M]+.

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