4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde → Cyclamen aldehyde

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Compound 1205 may be prepared by reacting allyl bromide (79.2 g, 656 mmol) and 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde A (40.0 g, 328 mmol) in the presence of potassium carbonate (90.6 g, 656 mmol) in acetonitrile (400 mL). The reaction is stirred at ambient temperature under an atmosphere of nitrogen for 4 hours. The reaction is filtered, washed with acetonitrile (200 mL), and concentrated in-vacuo. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel using a gradient of ethyl acetate from 10% to 30% in hexanes to give 50.0 g of aldehyde B as a colorless oil. LC/MS [M+H+] 163.2 (100), 2.85 min; 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 4.67 (d, J=5.03 Hz, 2H) 5.33 (dd, J=23.98, 1.51 Hz, 2H) 6.03 (dt, J=22.39, 5.07 Hz, 1H) 7.12 (d, J=8.72 Hz, 2H) 7.85 (d, J=8.38 Hz, 2H) 9.86 (s, 1H).

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