Water → Methyl 3-formyl-4-methoxybenzoate

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Reaction Steps

Methyl 3-formyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (2.06 g, 11.4 mmol) and K2CO3 (2.36 g, 17.1 mmol) were stirred in 50 mL of DMF. Methyl iodide (1.42 mL, 22.8 mmol) was added via syringe, and the reaction was stirred for 6 hours at rt. The reaction was poured into H2O and diethyl ether, and the layers were separated. The organic layer was washed with brine, and the combined aqueous layers were extracted with diethyl ether. The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to afford 2.24 g of crude desired product. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 10.33 (s, 1H), 8.23 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.20 (dd, J=8.8, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.36 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 3.99 (s, 3H), 3.83 (s, 3H).

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