“…Concentration of the appropriate fractions then gave compound 18 (4.10 g, 87%) (Rf ) 0.4, CH2Cl2) as a cream powder, mp 60-61°C: IR (KBr disk, cm -1 ) 1763, 1748, 1586; 1 H NMR (300 MHz) δ 7.18 (s, 1H), 6.66 (s, 1H), 4.47 (septet, J ) 5.7 Hz, 1H), 3.83 (s, 3H), 2.34 (s, 3H), 1.36 (d, J ) 5.7 Hz, 6H); 13 C NMR (75 MHz) δ 168. 8, 148.7, 148.1, 144.8, 120.9, 109.7, 77.7, 71.6, 56.4, 21.8, 21. c. 3-Isopropoxy-2-methoxybenzaldehyde (20). A magnetically stirred solution of 3-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzaldehyde (21) 19 (400 mg, 2.6 mmol) and potassium carbonate (1.26 g, 9.1 mmol) in DMF (6 mL) was treated in one portion with 2-bromopropane (296 µL, 3.2 mmol).…”