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General procedure for the synthesis of 2-ethynylbenzaldehyde from 2-[(trimethylmethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzaldehyde: 2-[(trimethylmethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzaldehyde (1 mmol), an inorganic base (potassium tert-butanol, sodium tert-butanol, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or potassium trimethylmethylsilyl, sodium trimethylmethylsilyl, 0.05 mmol), and 2 mL of DMA or DMSO solvent were added to a 10mL sealed tube. The mixture was placed in an oil bath at 60 °C and the reaction was stirred for 12 h. The progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC. Upon completion of the reaction, equal amounts of homotrimethylbenzene or n-undecane were added as an internal standard for the crude product, and the exact yield of the product was determined by GC and GC-MS analysis. According to the results of GC and GC-MS analyses, when DMSO was used as the reaction solvent and potassium tert-butanol, sodium tert-butanol, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or potassium trimethylmethylsilyl, sodium trimethylmethylsilyl were used as catalysts, the yields of the products were 44%, 47%, 49%, 50%, 77%, and 70% respectively. When DMA was used as the reaction solvent with the same inorganic base as the catalyst, the yields of the products were 40%, 42%, 42%, 40%, 61%, 59%, respectively.