Triethylamine → HCID 21841052, compound

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To a mixture of 2,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (10 g) in dichloromethane (50 ml) at 0° C. was added triethylamine (5 ml) and pivaloyl chloride (4.4 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours, filtered and the filtrates washed with 2M HCl (100 ml), brine (100 ml) and sodium bicarbonate (100 m), dried (magnesium sulphate) filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel using dichloromethane:hexane (0:1 to 1:1 gradient) then ethyl acetate:hexane (1:9 to 3:7 gradient) as eluants to give 2-hydroxy-5-(t-butylcarbonyloxy)benzaldehyde (4 g) and some 2,5-dihydroxy-benzaldehyde.

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