Hydrochloric Acid → 2'-Benzyloxy-6'-hydroxy-4-methylchalcone

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To a suspension of 2′-benzyloxy-6′-hydroxyacetophenone (0.5 g) in ethanol (10 mL)-water (3 mL) was added potassium hydroxide (1.39 g), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 minutes. To the reaction mixture was added p-tolualdehyde (0.37 mL), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 45 minutes. The reaction mixture was acidified by addition of 2 mol/L hydrochloric acid (12.5 mL), and the precipitated crystals were collected by filtration. The crystals were washed with water and dried under reduced pressure to give the title compound (0.69 g).

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