Methanol → Methyl 4-chlorophenylacetate

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4-Chlorophenylacetic acid (100 g, 0.59 mol) was dissolved in 1,2-dichloroethane (165 ml) and methanol (96 ml, 2.4 moles) and to the solution was added concentrated sulfuric acid (2.75 ml), followed by refluxing for 6 hours. The mixture was cooled and aqueous NaHCO3 was added, followed by stirring. The resulting organic layer was separated, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, collected by filtration and concentrated to dryness to obtain methyl-(4-chlorophenyl)-acetate (102 g, yield 94%).

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