Phthalimide → Phthalimide, N-(2-formylethyl)-

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3-Phthalimidopropanal was prepared by addition of phthalimide to acrolein in the presence of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide according to the procedure described by R. O. Atkinson & F. Poppelsdorf, J Chem. Soc. (1952) 2448. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ 9.82 (t, 1H, J=2); 7.85 (m, 2H); 7.72 (m, 2H); 4.04 (t, 2H, J=7); 2.88 (dt, 2H, J=2, 7). 13C-NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz): δ 199.36, 167.98, 134.10, 131.95, 123.36, 42.35, 31.67.

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