1,2-Dichloroethane → Phenylmethyl 3-amino-4-methoxybenzoate

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Reaction Steps

3-amino-4-methoxybenzoic acid (20 g, 120 mmol), phenylmethanol (12.94 g, 120 mmol), DMAP (14.62 g, 120 mmol), and EDC (22.94 g, 120 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (100 ml). The reaction was stirred at RT for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered, and the mother liquor was diluted with water and extracted with EtOAc. The organic phase was extracted with water, dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated under vacuum. The crude product was crystallized in EtOAc. The mother liquor are purified by flash chromatography (Petroleum Ether/EtOAc 80/20). The overall amount of the desired product was 16 g (Yield: 52%).

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