Water → 4-tert-Butylbenzaldehyde

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27.2 g (0.1 mol) of dimethyl α-hydroxy-4-tert.-butylbenzylphosphonate were dissolved in 25 ml of toluene and were added dropwise, from a dropping funnel, into a distillation apparatus which had been preheated to 180° C. and had a small Vigreux column to which a water pump vacuum was applied. The distillate was fractionally distilled in a high vacuum. 13.8 g (81.5% of theory) of 4-tert.-butylbenzaldehyde of boiling point 72° C./0.15 mbars were obtained.

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