2-Hydroxymethyl-5,6,7-trimethoxynaphthalene → 5,6,7-Trimethoxynaphthalene-2-carbaldehyde

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2-Hydroxymethyl-5,6,7-trimethoxynaphthalene (3.78 g) was dissolved in dichloromethane (100 mL), pyridium dichromate (8.61 g) was added to the solution, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered, and insoluble matter was fully washed with chloroform. After the washings were combined with the filtrate and concentrated under reduced pressure, the residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate, and the solution was successively washed with 2 M hydrochloric acid, water and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:3 to 1:1) and further recrystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane to obtain the title compound.

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