Potassium Carbonate → HCID 54080301, compound

To a solution of 3-(2-hydroxyethoxy)phenol (864 mg, 5 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) were added potassium carbonate (967 mg, 7 mmol) and t-butyl bromoacetate (0.89 ml, 6 mmol), and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours at room temperature. The reaction was quenched by 10% aqueous citric acid solution and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water, 10% aqueous citric acid solution, an aqueous saturated sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was purified with silica gel chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=3:1) to give the subject compound (3.30 g, 69%).