3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde → HCID 39199612, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a 250 mL dry round bottom flask were added 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde (5.0 g, 41.0 mmol), anhydrous CH2Cl2 (50 mL). The solution was cooled in an ice-water bath, then pyridine (6.64 mL, 82.0 mmol) was added. To the resulting solution, butyryl chloride (5.15 mL, 49.2 mmol) was added slowly under stirring and N2. The mixture was first stirred at 0° C. for 2 hours, then at room temperature for 20 hours. To the reaction mixture, water (80 mL) was added and the CH2Cl2 layer was separated. The aqueous layer was extracted continually with CH2Cl2 (50 mL×3). The combined CH2Cl2 solution was dried over Na2SO4. After removal of the solvent, the residue was purified with a silica gel chromatography (heptane/ethyl acetate, gradient eluting) to give 3-formylphenyl butyrate (5.9 g) as colorless oil. Yield: 75%. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): δ=9.96 (s, 1H), 7.72 (t of d, J=1.2, 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.60 (t, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), 7.52 (t, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.36-7.32 (m, 1H), 2.56 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 1.78 (sextet, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.04 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (CDCl3, 75.5 MHz): δ=191.2, 171.7, 151.3, 137.7, 130.1, 127.8, 127.2, 122.2, 36.0, 18.3, 13.5.

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