Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → HCID 21432118, compound

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5-nitrosalicylaldehyde was obtained upon reaction of salicylaldehyde with nitric acid according to the method described by G. Miller in Chem. Ber., 20, 1928 (1888). This 5-nitrosalicylaldehyde was made to react with chloromethyl-methyl ether according to D. Taylor and B. Davis, J. Org. Chem., 28, 1713 (1963) to form 4-chloromethyl-5-nitro-salicylaldehyde, which was converted into the 4-hydroxymethyl derivative by refluxing the chloromethyl derivative for 3 hours in water. The 4-hydroxymethyl-5-nitro-salicylaldehyde had a melting point of 135°C.

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