Toluene → HCID 21997113, compound

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To a 250 ml reaction flask fitted with a Dean-Stark water trap, condenser and magnetic stirrer was added toluene (100 ml), 4allyloxybenzyl alcohol (30.0 g; 0.18 moles), methacrylic acid (15.7 g; 0.18 moles), 4-methoxyphenol (0.6 g) and p-toluene sulfonic acid (0.23 g). The stirred solution was heated under reflux until all of the water was removed (2 hours). The solution was cooled and washed with an equal volume of sodium bicarbonate solution and then with sodium chloride solution. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate and the solvent removed by distillation under reduced pressure to yield 4-allyloxybenzyl methacrylate (33.6 g; 81% yield) as an orange colored viscous liquid.

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