4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde → 2-(4-Vinylphenoxy)ethanol

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Woods et al. (U.S. Pat. No. 5,019,629) describe a two-step procedure for preparing p-(2-hydroxyethoxy)styrene starting with p-hydroxybenzaldehyde. In the first step, p-(2-hydroxyethoxy)benzaldehyde is formed by reacting p-hydroxybenzaldehyde with ethylene carbonate in the presence of potassium carbonate. In the second step, p-(2-hydroxyethoxy)styrene is formed by reacting the isolated p-(2-hydroxyethoxy)benzaldehyde with methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide in the presence of sodium amide.

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