3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde → 3-(Allyloxy)benzaldehyde

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In a 1 L round bottomed flask equipped with mechanical stirrer, reflux condenser and thermometer was added in sequence 400 mL ethanol, 59.63 g of 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde (0.49 moles, 1 eq.), 7.3 g of sodium iodide (48 mmol, 0.1 eq.), 120.98 g of allyl bromide (0.59 moles, 1.2 eq.) and 101.6 g of potassium carbonate (0.74 moles, 1.25 eq.). The reaction mixture was heated to reflux and heating continued for three hours. Heating was then discontinued and the reaction was allowed to cool to room temperature. The mixture was then filtered through a Hyflosupercel pad and ethanol was removed by rotary evaporation. The residual oil was then taken up in 500 mL of MTBE and the organic phase washed sequentially with 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide, water and brine. After drying over sodium sulfate, filtration and rotary evaporation of solvent 79.7 g of a yellow oil of 3-allyloxybenzaldehyde (quantitative yield) was obtained.

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