Water → HCID 15462893, compound

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Reaction Steps

Ethyl 4-hydroxy-3-isobutylbenzoate (25.6 g), potassium carbonate (31.8 g), and benzyl bromide (23.6 g) were refluxed in acetone (150 ml) with stirring for 4 hours. The reaction mixture, with water added thereto, was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was concentrated under a vacuum. The resulting residue, with water (50 ml), potassium hydroxide (12.9 g), and ethanol (100 ml) added thereto, was refluxed with stirring for 2 hours. The reaction mixture, with water added thereto, was neutralized with hydrochloric acid and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with 10% hydrochloric acid and water successively, dried over sodium sulfate anhydride, and then concentrated under a vacuum. Thus obtained solid was recrystallized (from n-hexane/ethanol) so as to yield 29.0 g of the aimed compound.

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