Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 4-(3-chloropropoxy)-3-methoxybenzoate

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A mixture of 102.4 g (411.7 mmol) of 3-chloropropyl p-toluene sulfonate, 75 g (411.7 mmol) of 4-hydroxy-5-methoxy-benzoic acid methyl ester, 75.7 g (547.5 mmol) of potassium carbonate, and 1.66 g (4.1 mmol) of methyl-tricapryl ammonium chloride in 900 ml of acetone was stirred rapidly at reflux for 18 hr. The mixture was filtered and the solvent was removed giving 106 g of the tile compound after recrystallization from a chloroform-hexane mixture.

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