5-Chloro-2,3-dimethoxybenzaldehyde → 1-(5-Chloro-2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanol

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To a stirred solution of 5-chloro-2,3-dimethoxy-benzaldehyde (7.0 g, 34.90 mmol) in dry diethyl ether (500 mL) at 0° C. was added methylmagnesium bromide of 3.0 M in diethyl ether (29 mL, 87.22 mmol). The reaction mixture was brought to room temperature and stirred for 30 min; refluxed for 3 h; then cooled to 0° C. and quenched by adding saturated aqueous NH4Cl. The two liquid layers were separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with diethyl ether. The combined organic layers were washed with water, dried, and concentrated to the crude compound which was purified by silica gel column (10-25% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to afford 1-(5-chloro-2,3-dimethoxy-phenyl)-ethanol (5.67 g, 75%): 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.00 (d, 1H), 6.81 (d, 1H), 5.11 (m, 1H), 3.86 (s, 6H), 2.30 (d, 1H), 1.48 (d, 3H).

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