Ethyl bromoacetate → Ethyl [3-(benzyloxy)-4-tert-butylphenoxy]acetate

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3-(Benzyloxy)-4-tert-butylphenol (4.9 g, 19.2 mmol), potassium carbonate (8.0 g, 57.6 mmol) and ethyl bromoacetate (2.6 ml, 23.0 mmol) were treated in the same procedure described in Example 13(d). The crude residue was applied to a silica gel chromatography column and eluted with a volume mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate (29/1 to 19/1) to furnish 5.6 g (85% yield) of the title compound as a colorless oil.

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