Aspirin → 4-Carbamoylphenyl 2-acetoxybenzoate

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To the solution of 1 (acetylsalicylic acid, 500 mg, 2.77 mmol) in 15 mL of dimethylformamide, hydroxybenzotriazole (412 mg, 3.05 mmol) and DCC (628 mg, 3.05 mmol) were added with stirring at 0° C. for 1 h. To the reaction mixture 4-hydroxybenzamide (4, 418 mg, 3.05 mmol) was added and stirred for 1 h at 0° C. and 3 h at room temperature. After filtration, the filtrate was evaporated under reduced pressure to remove the solvent. The oily residue thus obtained was dissolved in chloroform; the organic layer was washed with brine, dried on anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and the solvent evaporated. The crude product 5 was loaded on a silica gel open column and eluted with CH2Cl2/MeOH (9/1), from which 4-carbamoylphenyl 2-acetoxybenzoate (5) was obtained (410 mg, 47% yield).

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