(2-Chloro-3-nitrophenyl)methanol → 2-Chloro-3-nitrobenzaldehyde

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8.43 g (39.09 mmol) of pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) were added to a solution of 6.11 g (32.57 mmol) of (2-chloro-3-nitrophenyl)methanol in 120 ml of dichloromethane, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 12 hours. After complete conversion, the solvent was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residue obtained was purified chromatographically on silica gel (mobile phase dichloromethane/methanol 20:1). This gave 4.82 g (25.97 mmol, 79.7% of theory) of the title compound.

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