Benzyl Alcohol → Benzyl 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoate

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2-Hydroxyisobutyric acid (15 gm) was dissolved in benzyl alcohol (80 mL) at 0° C. and the solution was saturated with HCl gas. This solution was stored at rt overnight and then was poured into sat. NaHCO3 solution. This was extracted twice with CHCl3 and the combined organic extracts were dried (Na2SO4), filtered and evaporated to dryness. The residue so obtained was fractionally distilled and the title compound was obtained as a fraction that boiled at 85°-100° C. at 0.2 mm.

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