4-Methoxyphenol → Butyl Acrylate

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The reaction was performed for 3 hours in the same manner as in Example 2 except adding 0.48 g (0.002 mole) of calcium acetylacetonate and 0.2 g of hydroquinone monomethyl ether instead of zirconium acetyl acetonate and 0.28 g of hydroquinone monomethyl ether. The results were a 99.1% conversion of n-butanol and 98.5% yield of n-butylacrylate. This ester was recovered in a 97.5% yield by direct distillation.

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