Sodium Hydroxide → 2,6-Diethylbenzaldehyde

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A solution of 15.6 g (E)-[1-(2,6-diethyl-phenyl)-methylidene]-(1-isopropyl-2-methyl-propyl)-amine in 60 ml THF and 120 ml 4N HCl was heated to reflux for 2 hours then cooled to ambient temperature and poured onto a 1N NaOH solution. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the combined extracts washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash-chromatography on silica gel with a heptane/ethyl acetate gradient as eluent: 8.35 g 2,6-diethyl-benzaldehyde as light yellow oil: MS (EI): 162.1 (M+., 100%).

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