Acetyl chloride → Methyl 3,5-dimethyl-4-(3'-iso-propyl-4'-methoxyphenoxy)phenylacetate

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To a stirred cold solution of methanol (15 mL) and acetyl chloride (3 mL, 86.0 mmol) at 0° C. was added dropwise a solution of 3,5-dimethyl-4-(3′-iso-propyl-4′-methoxyphenoxy)phenylacetic acid (0.7 g, 4.3 mmol) in methanol (5 mL). The reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 5 h and cooled to room temperature. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate (100 mL). The organic solution was washed with water and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was triturated with hexane, filtered and dried under reduced pressure to afford methyl 3,5-dimethyl-4-(3′-iso-propyl-4′-methoxyphenoxy)phenylacetate as a yellow solid (0.69 g, 95%): 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.02 (s, 2 H), 6.82 (d, J=2.7 Hz, 1 H), 6.66 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1 H), 6.38 (dd, J=3.3, 8.7 Hz, 1 H), 3.79 (s, 3 H), 3.75 (s, 3 H), 3.60 (s, 2 H), 3.28-3.25 (m, 1 H), 2.14 (s, 6 H), 1.20 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 6 H); TLC conditions: Uniplate silica gel, 250 microns; mobile phase=ethyl acetate-hexanes (1:1); Rf=0.6.

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