Water → Methyl 3-(pentyloxy)benzoate

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To 3-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester (25 g) and potassium carbonate (25 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (300 ml) were added 1-bromopentane (25 ml) and the mixture was stirred for 7 hours at 80° C. the reaction mixture was added to a mixture of water and ethyl acetate. The organic layer was taken and dried over magnesium sulfate. The magnesium sulfate was filtered off and the filtrate was evaporated under reduced pressure to give 3-amyloxybenzoic acid methyl ester (35 g).

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