Triethylamine → Retinal

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Retinol anhydride (1.00 g, 0.0017 mol) and triethylamine (0.31 g, 0.0021 mol) were added to retinol (0.60 g, 0.0021 mol) dissolved in anhydrous dichloromethane (30 ml) at 0° C. The reaction solution was slowly warmed to room temperature and stirred for 5 hours under nitrogen atmosphere and under the condition for light and moisture to be intercepted. The reaction solution was filtered and the solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography (silica gel 60 for cc part, Merk Co., mesh size 270–400, hexane/diethylether=9/1, v/v) to give 0.91 g (Yield 92%) of the pale yellow title compound. 1H NMR data of this compound were the same as those in Example 1.

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