Phosphorus oxychloride → 3-(5-Methyl-3-p-fluorophenyl-furan-2-yl)acrylaldehyde

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A solution of 1.1 mL (11.9 mmol) of phosphorus oxychloride in 15 mL of acetonitrile was allowed to react with 1.2 mL (11.9 mmol) of 3-dimethylaminoacrolein at -23° C. After 0.25 hour at -23° C., 1.4 g (7.9 mmol) of 2-methyl-4-(4'-fluorophenyl)furan in 10 mL of acetonitrile was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred at -23° C. for 0.15 hour then at 24° C. for 2 hours. The reaction was quenched upon treatment with 20 mL of 1M NaOH and extracted three times with CHCl3. The CHCl3 layers were combined, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure. Column chromatography (3:1 hexanes-diethyl ether) of the residue on silica gel produced 1.76 g (97%) of 3-(5-methyl-3-p-fluorophenyl-furan-2-yl)acrylaldehyde as a solid (m.p. 89°-90° C.), homogeneous by TLC and spectroscopic criteria; Rf 0.58 (1:1 hexanes-diethyl ether); IR (KBr) 1655, 1600, 1205, 1118, 1095 cm-1 ; 1HNMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 9.60 (d, 1H, J=10.5 Hz), 7.41 (m, 2H), 7.27 (d, 1H, J=15 Hz), 7.18 (t, 2H, J=9.0 Hz), 6.64 (dd, 1H, J=10.5 Hz, 15 Hz), 6.32 (s, 1H), 2.42 (s, 3H).

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