Water → Dimethyl 5-(allyloxy)isophthalate

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To a mixture of dimethyl 5-hydroxy-isophthalate (10 g, 47.577 mmol), Cs2CO3 (31 g, 95.2 mmol) in DMF was added allyl bromide (4.83 mL, 57.1 mmol) drop-wise. After stirring the mixture for 14 hours, the reaction was treated with water, extracted with EtOAc (2×). The combined organic extract was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to provide the desired product as white solid (12 g, 100% yield). The crude product was used without further purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ ppm 3.94 (s, 6 H) 4.56-4.71 (m, 2 H) 5.33 (dd, J=10.46, 1.41 Hz, 1 H) 5.39-5.53 (m, 1 H) 5.96-6.17 (m, 1 H) 7.76 (d, J=1.32 Hz, 2 H) 8.28 (t, J=1.41 Hz, 1 H); LC-MS: (ESI)+m/z=251.00 (M+1)+.

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