Acetic Anhydride → Acetoxy-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-acetic acid

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4-Methoxymandelic acid (5.00 g, 27.44 mmol) was dissolved in 100 mL of THF. To this solution was added acetic anhydride (2.85 mL, 30.18 mmol), followed by Et3N (10 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight, concentrated, re-suspended in water, and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic phase was dried over Na2SO4, and concentrated to give 5.95 g yellow syrup as the intermediate 79a. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.38 (d, 2H, J=8.67 Hz), 6.90 (d, 2H, J=8.67 Hz), 5.87 (s, 1H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 2.16 (s, 3H). LCMS (ESI−) [M−H]/z Calc'd 223, found 223.

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