Hexane → 5-Fluoro-2-methoxy-4-methylbenzaldehyde

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10 g of 4-fluoro-3-methylanisol was dissolved in 80 ml of dichloromethane, and 10 ml of titanium tetrachloride and 7.5 ml of dichloromethyl methyl ether were added to the solution successively at 0° C. The resulting mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was poured into ice-water, followed by the addition of 300 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the desiccant was filtered off, the resulting mixture was evaporated to give a solid. n-Hexane was added to this solid, and the resulting mixture was filtered. The filter cake was washed with n-hexane to give 5.8 g of the title compound as white crystals.

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