Water → Methyl 4-(allyloxy)benzoate

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A solution of methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (15.21 g, 0.10 mol), allyl chloride (11.48 g, 0.15 mol) and potassium carbonate (20.73 g, 0.15 mol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (40 mL) was stirred at 50° C. overnight. Water was added to the reaction solution, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. Then, the organic layer was washed with saturated saline, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=10:1) to obtain 19.27 g of the title compound (yield: 100%) as a pale yellow oil.

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