Dimethylformamide → 3,4-Dimethoxynaphthalene-1-carbaldehyde

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A mixture of 1,2-dimethoxynaphthalene (0.74 g, 4 mmol) and DMF (0.8 mL, 10 mmol) in dichlorobenzene (0.8 mL) was stirred with POCl3 at 100° C. for 2 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C., quenched with a cold aqueous solution of NaOAc, diluted with H2O and extracted with benzene. The extracts were dried (MgSO4), concentrated and in vacuo and dichlorobenzene was removed by kugelrohr distillation at 110° C./0.5 mm Hg. Column chromatography (20% EtOAc in hexane) gave the product 18 (596 mg, 68%), which was used in the following step without further purification. 1H NMR (CDCl3) 10.42 (s, 1H), 9.00-9.15 (m, 1H), 8.15-8.30 (m, 1H), 7.61 (s, 1H), 7.50-7.65 (m, 2H), 4.12 (s, 3H), 4.07 (s, 3H).

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