Isopropanol → 2-Bromo-3-isopropoxy-propenal

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A mixture of 2-bromomalonaldehyde, para-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate, 2-propanol and cyclohexane were stirred at 86° C. in flask with a dean-stark trap under azeotropic conditions. Further distillation removed another 40% of the original solvent volume. The mixture was cooled to 0° C., then concentrated in-vacuo, to isolate the title compound (13.2 g). 1H-NMR: 9.16 (s, 1H), 7.65 (s, 1H), 4.51 (m, 1H), 1.47 (d, 6H).

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