4'-Hydroxyacetophenone → 4-Hydroxyphenylglyoxal

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4-Hydroxyacetophenone (15 g., 0.11 mol) was dissolved in 70 ml. dioxane and 8.3 ml. H2O. SeO2 (12.2 g., 0.11 mol) was added and the mixture heated at 80° for 18 hours, then filtered over diatomaceous earth. The filtrate was stripped, taken up in 150 ml. H2O, heated on a steam bath, decolorized with activated carbon, cooled to refrigerator temperature, and hydrate of title product recovered by filtration, 5.72 g. Anhydrous title product was obtained by Kugelrohr distillation; 1H-nmr 5.97 (s, 1H), 6.97 (d, 2H, J=6 Hz), 8.22 (d, 2H, J=6 Hz), 9.68 (s, 1H).

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