Phenol → Phenyl hexanoate

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Reaction Steps

30 ml (0.22 mole) of hexanoyl chloride were added dropwise over 30 minutes with stirring and cooling on an ice bath to a solution of 18.8 g (0.2 mole) of phenol in 80 ml of anhydrous pyridine and then the reaction mixture stood at room temperature for 3 hours and was poured into ice water. The mixture was extracted with ether and the ether extracts were washed with water, dilute hydrochloric acid and with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness to obtain 36.4 g of phenyl hexanoate as a yellow oil.

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