Water → Ethyl [3-(3-hydroxypropyl)phenoxy]acetate

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To a solution of 3-(3-hydroxypropyl)phenol (100 g) in MeCN (750 mL) was added K2CO3 (109 g) at ambient temperature. Ethyl bromoacetate (87.4 mL) was added dropwise to the mixture at 0° C. over 30 minutes, and then the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 20 hours and at 60° C. for 7 hours. Water (800 mL) was added to the mixture at ambient temperature and the resulting mixture was extracted with EtOAc(1 L) two times. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:EtOAc=1:1) to afford ethyl [3-(3-hydroxypropyl)phenoxy]acetate (121 g) as a colorless oil.

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