Dimethylformamide → 2-chloro-4,4-diMethylcyclohex-1-enecarbaldehyde

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Into a 250 mL round-bottomed flask was added N,N-dimethylformamide (3.5 mL) in dichloromethane (30 mL). The mixture was cooled to −10° C., and phosphoryl trichloride (4 mL) was added dropwise. The solution was warmed up to room temperature and 3,3-dimethylcyclohexanone (5.5 mL) was added slowly. The mixture was heated to reflux overnight. The reaction mixture was quenched with a 0° C. solution of sodium acetate (25 g in 50 mL water). The aqueous layer was extracted with ether (3×200 mL). The organic layers were combined, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and dried under vacuum to give the title compound.

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