Chloroform → 2-Hydroxy-5-phenoxybenzaldehyde

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The starting material is prepared as follows: 4-Phenoxyphenol (20.0 g, 107 mmol) and sodium hydroxide (3.8 g, 845 mmol) are dissolved in a water/ethanol (130 ml/26 ml) mixture and heated at 70° C. To this reaction mixture is added chloroform (24.6 g, 215 mmol) dropwise over 45 minutes, and heating is continued for 3 hours. The mixture is cooled to room temperature, and then evaporated. The aqueous phase is acidified with conc. HCl to pH 1-3, and extracted twice with ether. The extracts are dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. Silica gel chromatography (10% ethyl acetate/hexane) of the residual oil yields 5-phenoxy-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde as a yellow solid, m.p. 54°-55° C., which is converted to 3-(N-hydroxyaminomethyl)-6-phenoxy-2H-1-benzopyran as described under (a).

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