Water → HCID 15480472, compound

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Reaction Steps

Add Amberlyst® 15 ion-exchange resin (36 g) to chlorobenzene (700 mL). Heat the reaction mixture to reflux and azeotrope out water, to dry the resin. Dissolve 2-(2,2-dimethoxyethoxy)-1-methyl-4-nitrobenzene (34.8 g, 144 mmol) in chlorobenzene (125 mL) and add dropwise to the stirring, refluxing reaction mixture under nitrogen over 15 minutes. Continue refluxing for 1.5 hours. Cool to room temperature, filter to remove the resin and concentrate under reduced pressure. Dissolve the residue in hexane, diethyl ether (1:1), wash with 0.5 M aqueous sodium hydroxide, aqueous saturated sodium chloride, dry the organic phase over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filter, and concentrate under reduced pressure. Chromatograph on flash silica using hexane, ethyl acetate (9:1) and recrystallize from hexane, toluene (1:1) to obtain the desired compound as a yellow solid (9.7 g, 42%).

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