Hydrogen Peroxide → Tert-butyl 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)benzoate

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A solution of 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (9-BBN, 5.65 g, 46.3 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran was added to a solution of t-butyl 4-vinylbenzoate (8.47 g, 42.1 mmol) prepared in the Preparative Example 102 in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran in a nitrogen stream. The obtained mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. 15 ml of water and 17 ml of 3N NaOH were added to the reaction mixture successively, followed by the dropwise addition of 80% aqueous hydrogen peroxide at 50° C. or below. The obtained mixture was stirred as such for one hour and poured into water. The mixture thus obtained was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with an aqueous solution of common salt, dehydrated and distilled to remove the solvent. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (developer: n-hexane/ethyl acetate=1:1) to give the objective compound. yield: 8.71 g

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