Triethylamine → 2-hydroxy-5-methoxy-3-(5-methoxy-2H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazol-2-yl)benzyl methacrylate

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In a 100 ml round bottom 3-neck flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer and nitrogen inlet was dissolved 3.24 g (10.8 mmol) 2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-methoxy-6-(5-methoxy-2H-benzo[d][1,2,3]-triazol-2-yl)phenol in 60 ml anhydrous THF. Triethylamine (1.2 ml) was added and the mixture was cooled to −10-0° C. Methacryloyl chloride (1.40 g, 13.4 mmol) was added dropwise and the mixture was stirred for 2 hr at 0° C. followed by 20 hours at ambient temperature. The salts were filtered off and the filtrate was poured into 100 ml diethyl ether and washed with 0.5 N HCl and water. The organic layer was dried with magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated via rotary evaporation to give the desired product as a dark yellow oil which was recrystallized in ethanol to give a light yellow solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3) delta: 11.20 (s, 1H, phenol OH), 7.80 (m, 1H, Ar—H benzotriazole), 7.77 (s, 1H, Ar—H phenol), 7.17 (m, 1H, Ar—H benzotriazole), 7.14 (s, 1H, Ar—H phenol), 7.10 (m, 1H, Ar—H benzotriazole), 6.21 (s, 1H, C═C—H trans), 5.61 (s, 1H, C═C—H cis), 5.38 (s, 2H, Ar—C1-12), 3.92 (s, 3H, Ar—OCH3, phenol), 3.88 (s, 3H, Ar—OCH3, benzotriazole), 2.01 (s, 3H, C═C—CH3).

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