Hydrochloric Acid → [3-(3-Formyl-4-nitro-phenoxy)-phenyl]-carbamic acid benzyl ester

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12 N HCl (33 mL) and water (66 mL) were added to a mixture of [3-(3-dimethoxymethyl-4-nitro-phenoxy)-phenyl]-carbamic acid benzyl ester (0.14 mol) in THF (400 mL) and the reaction mixture was stirred for 48 hours at room temperature. The mixture was diluted with H2O (500 mL) and extracted 2 times with diisopropyl ether. The organic layer was separated, dried (MgSO4), filtered off and the solvent was evaporated. The resulting product was removed with a spatula and dried under vacuum to yield the title compound as a residue.

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