Phenol → Phenyl oxane-4-carboxylate

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Tetrahydropyran-4-carboxylic acid (1.00 g, 7.69 mmol), phenol (651 mg, 6.92 mmol), and PyBOP (4.40 g, 8.45 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (15 mL). To the solution was added triethylamine (2.36 mL, 16.9 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into water, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was successively washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution and brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was then evaporated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=3:2) to give phenyl tetrahydropyran-4-carboxylate (1.28 g, 81%).

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