Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Formyl-3-hydroxyphenyl acetate

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To a solution of 4-formylbenzene-1,3-diyl diacetate (5.56 g, 25.08 mmol) in ethanol (20 mL) was added a solution of sodium hydroxide (1.00 g, 25.08 mmol) in water (12 mL). The reaction was stirred overnight at room temperature. The reaction was carefully neutralized with 2.0 N aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid (12.8 mL) at 0° C. and diluted with ethyl acetate (400 mL). The organic layer was washed with water (60 mL) and saturated aqueous sodium chloride (50 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to afford, the product (2.01 g, 44% yield) as a gray solid: 1H NMR (400 MHz, d-MeOH): δ 9.90 (s, 1H), 7.68 (d, 1H), 6.80 (d, 1H), 6.75 (s, 1H), 4.82 (br s, 1H), 2.20 (s, 3H).

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