Formaldehyde → HCID 818110, compound

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The 4-hydroxy-3-methylbenzaldehyde (7.0 g, 51.41 mmole) and magnesium chloride (7.3 g, 77.12 mmole) were mixed in acetonitrile (100 mL) and cooled to 0° C. (ice bath). Triethylamine (19.51 g, 192.79 mmole) followed by para-formaldehyde (10.41 g, 347 mmole) were added to above mixture, which was stirred for 1 hour. The mixture was warmed to room temperature and then heated to 90° C. for 18 hours. The contents were poured into water (100 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (2 X 100 mL). The combined extracts were washed with brine (50 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give an off-white solid which was subject to flash chromatography (silica gel) and eluted with 100% CH2Cl2 to give an off-white solid (2.2 g, 26%). GCMS m/z 164.0 (M+). 1H NMR (CDCl3/400 MHz) 11.82 (s, 1H), 9.96 (s, 1H), 9.89 (s, 1H), 7.96 (s, 1H), 7.92 (s, 1H), 2.32 (s, 3H).

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