Benzyl Bromide → 4-(Benzyloxy)-3-bromobenzaldehyde

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Benzyl bromide (3.1 mL, 0.026 mol) was added to a mixture of 3-bromo-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (5.0 g, 0.025 mol), tetrabutylammonium iodide (0.92 g, 2.5 mmol), potassium carbonate (6.9 g, 0.050 mol) and N,N-dimethylformamide (70 mL) at room temperature and stirred for 2.5 hours. An ice-water mixture (100 mL) was poured to the reaction mixture and the resultant solution was stirred for one hour. A resulting precipitate was filtered and dried to obtain 4-benzyloxy-3-bromobenzaldehyde (7.1 g, 98%) as a pale yellow powder.

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