Water → Benzyl 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoate

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A solution of 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid (300 mg) in dimethylformamide (3 ml) was added with potassium hydrogencarbonate (236.9 mg), the mixture was stirred for 10 minutes, and then added with benzyl bromide (0.35 ml), and the mixture was stirred at 40° C. for 2 hours. The mixture was added with distilled water, the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the organic layer was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane to hexane ethyl acetate=50:1 to 20:1 to 2:1) to obtain the title compound (351.8 mg).

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