Methanol → HCID 2827122, compound

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Reaction Steps

Methanol (8.5 ml) was treated with sodium (4.8 g) in benzene (90 mL). The reaction mixture was refluxed overnight, allowed to cool to room temperature, and treated with phthalic acid dimethyl ester (38.84 g) and 1-(4-bromophenyl)ethanone (39.81 g) in benzene (50 mL). Distillation of the reaction mixture was performed at 80° C. overnight to remove methanol. The reaction mixture was poured into diluted HCl and filtered. The filter cake was collected and recrystallized from ethanol to provide the title compound.

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