Ethylene Oxide → 2-(4-Vinylphenoxy)ethanol

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Para-(hydroxyethoxy)styrene was prepared using the method described in Example 1, except that the following amounts of reagents were used: 86 g (0.53 mol, 1 eq) of p-acetoxystyrene, 3.7 g (26.77 mmol, 0.05 eq) of anhydrous potassium carbonate, and 35 g (0.795 mol, 1.5 eq) of ethylene oxide in 530 mL of methanol. The isolated product yield was 61.9%.

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