Allyl bromide → Methyl 3-(allyloxy)benzoate

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Methyl-3-hydroxy-benzoate (1.09 g, 4.9 mmol), allyl bromide (0.73 g, 6.0 mmol) and potassium tert-butoxide (6.5 g, 5.8 mmol) in DMSO (15 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. The mixture was poured into ice water, extracted with ether, washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), and evaporated to give the title compound. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.55 (m, 1H), 7.45 (m, 2H), 7.24 (m, 1H), 6.12-5.98 (m, 1H), 5.44-5.26 (m, 2H), 4.64 (m, 2H), 3.84 (s, 3H).

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