3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde → Ethyl 2-(3-formylphenoxy)acetate

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3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde (2.00 g, 16.4 mmol) was dissolved in 25 mL of dry tetrahydrofuran under nitrogen with 3.5 g of potassium carbonate and 3.01 g (18.0 mmol) of ethyl bromoacetate. The reaction was heated at reflux for 6 hr, then cooled to room temperature and filtered from inorganic salts. The filtrate was evaporated, redissolved in 30 mL of methylene chloride, washed with 2×15 mL of water, and dried over sodium sulfate. Evaporation of solvent gave 2.92 of ethyl 3-formylphenoxyacetate as a yellow oil.

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