Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl 4-[(2-benzyloxyphenyl)hydroxymethyl]benzoate

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A Grignard reagent was prepared from 1-benzyloxy-2-bromobenzene (5.3 g), magnesium (0.49 g) and tetrahydrofuran (160 mL). The obtained Grignard reagent was added to a solution of methyl 4-formylbenzoate (3.3 g) in tetrahydrofuran (60 mL), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. To the reaction mixture were added water and dilute hydrochloric acid, and the resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on aminopropyl silica gel (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate=4/1) to give methyl 4-[(2-benzyloxyphenyl)hydroxymethyl]benzoate (2.6 g).

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