P-Cresol → Ethyl 3-(4-benzyloxyphenyl)-2-(4-methylphenoxy)propionate

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Potassium carbonate (8.09 g) was added to a solution of ethyl 3-(4-benzyloxyphenyl)-2-methanesulfonyloxypropionate (11.1 g), which is the product of Reference example 35(a), and p-cresol (2.85 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (110 ml). This mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water and the layers were separated. The ethyl acetate layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified via chromatography on silica gel column using hexane/ethyl acetate=9/1 as the eluant to afford the desired compound (2.84 g) as a colorless oil.

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