Hydroxyphenylacetic acid → HCID 23369908, compound

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Reaction Steps

3,3,5,5-Tetramethylcyclohexanol (7.81 g, 0.05 mol), 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (7.6 g, 0.05 mol), p-toluenesulfonic acid (2 g) and benzene (200 mL) were refluxed with continuous water separation for 8 hours. The reaction mixture was evaporated, the oily residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate (100 mL), washed first with aqueous 5% NaHCO3 solution (100 mL) and then twice with water (200 mL), then dried over anhydrous MgSO4. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give 3,3,5,5-tetramethylcyclohexyl 4-hydroxyphenylacetate as a solid (7.00 g, 82.0% yield).

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