Ethyl Lactate → Ethyl 2-[(1'-ethoxy)propoxy]propanoate

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To a 250 mL flask containing 37.0 g (0.31 mole) ethyl lactate and four drops 32% hydrochloric acid at 30° C. is added 71 g (0.82 mole) ethyl propenyl ether. The mixture is heated to 75° C. for thirty minutes, cooled to 25° C., then quenched with 100 g 5% sodium bicarbonate solution. The organic material was flash distilled yielding 52.3 g (90%) ethyl 2-[(1'-ethoxy)propoxy]propanoate.

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