Hydrochloric Acid → 2-(Benzyloxy)-4-ethylphenol

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To a solution of 2-(benzyloxy)-4-ethylphenyl-4-methylbenzenesulfonate methylbenzenesulfonate (0.26 mmol; 100 mg) under argon, in methanol (2 mL), was added magnesium (2.61 mmol; 0.63 g). The reaction was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was hydrolysed with HCl 1N (3 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3*5 mL). Combined organic phases were washed with saturated NaHCO3 (10 mL), dried over Na2SO4, concentrated. The residue was purified with preparative TLC (dichloromethane/cyclohexane: 9/1) to yield the title compound as a yellow oil (48 mg; 0.21 mmol; 80%).

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