Ethanol → 4,5-Dimethoxy-2-(4-methylthiophenyl)benzaldehyde

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2-Bromoveratraldehyde (25 g, 103.3 mmol) and 4-(methylthio)benzeneboronic acid (19.66 g, 118.5 mmol) were dissolved in toluene (550 mL) and sodium carbonate (2M, 103 μL, 206 mmol) was added. To this reaction mixture was added ethanol (50 mL) followed by tetrakis (triphenylphosphine)palladium (3.4 g, 2.5 mmol) and the reaction mixture was refluxed overnight under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with water (250 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×250 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with water (4×250 mL), brine (1×250 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and the filtrate was evaporated under reduced pressure to give the crude product. The product was purified by trituration with ethyl acetate/hexane to give the title compound as a white solid (21.3 g, 85% yield), mp 114-115° C. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ 9.83 (s, 1H), 7.64 (s, 1H), 7.43-7.23 (m, 4H), 6.83 (s, 1H), 3.98 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 6H), 2.55 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (CDCl3, 75.45 MHz) δ 190.9, 153.4, 148.7, 1408, 138.9, 134.5, 134.1, 130.5, 130.1, 128.0, 128.0, 126.9, 126.1, 112.5, 108.7, 56.2, 56.1, 15.6. LRMS (APIMS) m/z 289 (M+H)+.

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