Patent ID: 11926624
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
Field: Organic fine chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method of making 3-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-2-oxopropanal, comprising
providing 1-(benzyloxy)-4-(chloromethyl)benzene, and
reacting the 1-(benzyloxy)-4-(chloromethyl)benzene in two steps to provide 3-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-2-oxopropanal,
wherein a first step of the two steps comprises reacting the 1-(benzyloxy)-4-(chloromethyl)benzene with methyl 2,2-dimethoxyacetate under Grignard conditions to provide 3-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-1,1-dimethoxypropan-2-one; and
wherein a second step of the two steps comprises reacting the 3-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-1,1-dimethoxypropan-2-one with aqueous acid to provide the 3-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-2-oxopropanal.