4-Methylbenzoyl Chloride → Methyl 2-(4-methylbenzoyloxy)3-propionylbenzoate

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This compound was prepared in three steps according to the methods described for Intermediate XC (first step) and Intermediate LXXX (second and third steps). In the first step, 4-methylbenzoyl chloride was used instead of 2-furanecarbonyl chloride and methyl 2-hydroxy-3-propionylbenzoate was used instead of ethyl 2-hydroxy-3-propionylbenzoate. The reaction lasted 4 hours at room temperature, yielding methyl 2-(4-methylbenzoyloxy)3-propionylbenzoate. This compound was used without purification by column chromatography for the second step, that lasted 1.5 hours at 100° C. In the third step, 96% sulfuric acid was used instead of 37% hydrochloric acid. The title compound melted at 174°-175° C. after crystallization from ethanol.

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