Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → HCID 18620180, compound

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To a stirred solution of methyl 2-benzyloxy-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)benzoate (1.43 g) in dichloromethane (20 ml) were added N,N-diisopropylethylamine (1.0 ml) and chloromethyl methyl ether (460 μl) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred for 17 hours at room temperature. To the reaction mixture was added a saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, and the resulting mixture was extracted with dichloromethane. The extract was washed with brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, purification of the residue by flash column chromatography on silica gel (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate=4/3) gave methyl 2-benzyloxy-5-(2-methoxymethoxyethyl)benzoate (1.19 g).

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