9-Anthracenecarboxylic acid → 3-(Methacryloyloxy)-2-hydroxypropyl anthracene-9-carboxylate

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Anthracene-9-carboxylic acid (50 g) was added over 30 minutes with stirring to glycidyl methacrylate (33.9 g, epoxide content 6.6 equiv./kg) containing 0.13 g of 2,6-di-tert.butyl-p-cresol and 0.25 g of tetramethylammonium chloride and heated to 100° C. Heating at 100° C. was continued for a further 4 hours, by which time the epoxide content of the mixture had fallen to a negligibly low value. The resultant product was a brown, glassy solid.

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