2'-Hydroxy-3'-isopentyl-4',6'-bis(methoxymethoxy)acetophenone → 4-(Methoxymethoxy)benzaldehyde

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Reaction Steps

In 3 ml of methanol were dissolved 1.40 g of the 2'-hydroxy-4',6'-bis(methoxymethoxy)-3'-isopentylacetophenone obtained in Production Example 16 and 715 mg of the p-methoxymethoxybenzaldehyde obtained in Production Example 25, and a 50% ethanol solution of sodium hydroxide (4.0 g/8 ml) was added to the solution and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 day to effect a reaction.

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