Bromine → 5-Bromo-3-ethoxy-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde

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Bromine (2.95 g, 15.95 mmol) was added to a stirring solution of 3-ethoxy-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (5.30 g, 31.9 mmol), which was dissolved in 30% HBr/HOAc The solution was stirred for 1.5 hrs at r.t. The reaction was quenched with H2O and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with sat. ammonium chloride and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Upon filtration the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and purified by flash chromatography (silica gel) and eluted with 5% EtOAc/hexanes to yield 1.56 g (20%) of the title compound as a colorless oil: ESHRMS m/z 242.9657 (M−H, C9H9O3Br, Calc'd 242.9662).

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