1-Butanol → Benzenepropanoic acid, phenyl ester

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When 1-butanol is replaced by equimolar amounts of phenol in the first reaction in this example, phenyl 3-phenylpropionate is obtained in a 93% yield if the reaction is performed in the presence of pTSA and in a 39% yield if the reaction is carried out in the absence of pTSA. M. p. of phenyl 3-phenylpropionate after distillation at reduced pressure and recrystallization from light petroleum: 15°-16° C. (lit. (13), 16°-17° C.).

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