3-methoxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzaldehyde

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a stirred mixture of crude 3-methoxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzaldehyde and 1,4-diacetylpiperazine-2,5-dione (1.98 g) in a mixture of N,N-dimethylformamide (10 ml) and tert-butanol (10 ml) was added potassium tert-butoxide (1.12 g) at 5° C. The mixture was stirred for 18 hours at room temperature. Water (30 ml) and ethyl acetate (100 ml) were added to the mixture and the organic layer was separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extract was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate, and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with 50% of ethyl acetate in hexane as an eluent to give 1-acetyl-3-[[3-methoxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]methylene]piperazine-2,5-dione (2.11 g) as a powder. the organic layer was separated the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate The combined extract was washed with water dried over magnesium sulfate evaporated in vacuo The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with 50% of ethyl acetate in hexane as an eluent

Conditions: temp:5.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a stirred solution of 3-methoxy-N-methoxy-N-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide (2.63 g) in dry tetrahydrofuran (26 ml) was added lithium aluminum hydride (380 mg) at −40° C. under nitrogen atmosphere. After 1 hour of stirring at 5° C., 2N sodium hydroxide was added to the mixture. The insoluble materials were removed by filtration through Celite® and washed with ethyl acetate. The filtrate and washing were combined and evaporated under reduced pressure to give crude 3-methoxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzaldehyde as a colorless oil. The insoluble materials were removed by filtration through Celite® washed with ethyl acetate The filtrate and washing evaporated under reduced pressure