Benzyl Alcohol → Benzyl 2-oxocyclopentane-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of 50 g. of methyl-2-oxocylopentanecarboxylate and 50 g. of redistilled benzyl alcohol was heated at 160° C. under a stream of nitrogen in a 500 ml. flask for 20 hours. Methanol distilled off as it was formed. The reaction mixture was subsequently cooled and the mixture distilled on the kugelrohr apparatus. The benzyl alcohol was removed by heating to 120° C. at 2 mm and the benzyl ester collected at 130° C. Yield was 45 g. (59%).

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