Diethyl Ether → 2-Ethoxy-6-fluorobenzaldehyde

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A mixture of commercially available 2-fluoro-6-hydroxybenzaldehyde (2.500 g; 17.80 mmol), iodoethane (5.566 g; 35.70 mmol), and K2CO3 (2.959 g; 21.40 mmol) in anh. DMF (50 ml) was heated to 80° C., under nitrogen, for 2 h. Et2O was added and the organic layer was washed with water, dried over anh. MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure affording 2-ethoxy-6-fluorobenzaldehyde as a yellow solid. LC-MS (conditions A): tR=0.66 min.; [M+H]+: 169.14 g/mol.

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