Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl 3-acetyl-4-hydroxybenzoate

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To a degassed solution of methyl 3-bromo-4-hydroxybenzoate (350 g, 1514.87 mmol) in ethanol (3 L) were added triethylamine (0.528 L, 3787.17 mmol), 1-(vinyloxy)butane (0.588 L, 4544.60 mmol), 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (33.1 g, 60.6 mmol) and diacetoxypalladium (8.50 g, 37.9 mmol) under nitrogen. The mixture was heated at 70° C. overnight. The reaction was cooled down, filtered and the filtrate concentrated. The resulting solid was solubilized with DCM (2 L) and HCl 4N (1.14 L, 4544 mmol) was added under stirring. Stirring was maintained for 2 hrs, the organic phase was separated, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to afford a solid which was stirred in diethyl ether (5 L) for 2 hrs. The solid was filtered off and the filtrate concentrated to dryness to afford methyl 3-acetyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (240 g, 82%) as a beige powder.

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