Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → 5-Bromo-3-methoxy-2-(methoxymethoxy)benzaldehyde

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Ethyldiisopropylamine (3.01 ml, 17.1 mmol) and methoxymethylchloride (1.5 ml, 15.7 mmol) were added to a dichloromethane solution (30 ml) of 5-bromo-2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (3.3 g, 14.3 mmol) under ice cooling, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction solution was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=3:1→11:9). The purified product was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure to obtain 5-bromo-3-methoxy-2-methoxymethoxybenzaldehyde (4.2 g) as light yellow solid.

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