4'-Hydroxyacetophenone → 4'-(METHOXYMETHOXY)ACETOPHENONE

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Reaction Steps

Chloromethyl methyl ether (19.2 mL, 252 mmol) was added dropwise to a 0° C. solution of 4-hydroxyacetophenone (6.855 g, 50.35 mmol) and triethylamine (8.4 mL, 60.42 mmol) in dichloromethane (100 mL). The solution was then allowed to warm to rt overnight, quenched with MeOH (40 mL), filtered and the filtrate concentrated and purified by flash chromatography to give the title compound which was used as is in the next step.

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