Sodium Acetate → 2,5-Dimethoxy-3,4-dimethylbenzenemethanol acetate

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A mixture of intermediate C (5 g, 0.023 mole) and anhydrous sodium acetate (7.1 g, 0.086 mole) in glacial acetic acid (35 ml) was refluxed for 20 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with 50 ml of water and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic extracts were washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution, dried, and concentrated to yield a dark syrup, which eventually crystallized to give 5.1 g of crude 5-acetoxymethyl-1,4-dimethoxy-2,3-dimethylbenzene (intermediate D).

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