Chloroform → 2-Hydroxy-5-phenoxybenzaldehyde

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4-Phenoxyphenol (20.0 g, 107 mmol) and sodium hydroxide (3.8 g, 845 mmol) are dissolved in a water/ethanol (130 mL/26 mL) mixture and heated at 70° C. To this reaction mixture is added chloroform (24.6 g, 215 mmol) dropwise over 45 minutes, and heating is continued for 3 hours. The mixture is cooled to room temperature, and then evaporated. The aqueous phase is acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid to pH 1-3, and extracted with ether. The organic phase is dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated. Purification of the residue by silica-gel flash chromatography gives 2-hydroxy-5-phenoxybenzaldehyde as a yellow solid.

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