Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 69517429, compound

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A mixture of ethyl 3-formyl-2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzoate (6.18 g, 29.69 mmole), K2CO3 (8.19 g, 59.38 mmole), triethylamine (1.99 g, 118.75 mmole), and ethyl 4,4,4-trifluorocrotonate (19.95 g, 118.75 mmole) in anhydrous DMSO (40.0 mL) was heated to 90° C. under a dry N2 atmosphere for 5 hrs. The mixture was then cooled and allowed to stir at room temperature for 15 hours. The reaction was poured into 1.2 N HCl (100 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (2×100 mL). The combined extracts were washed with brine (100 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give a dark red oil which was subject to flash chromatography (silica gel) and eluted with 100% CH2Cl2 to give a light orange solid (4.5 g, 42%): 1H NMR (acetone-d6/400 MHz) 7.84 (s, 1H), 7.61 (s, 1H), 7.46 (s, 1H), 5.86 (q, 1H, J=7.0 Hz), 4.30 (m, 4H), 2.31 (s, 3H), 1.33 (m, 6H).

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