1-Propanol → 4-(Propoxymethyl)benzoic acid

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Sodium hydride (50% in oil; 0.42 g) was cautiously added to a solution of propanol (0.6 g) in DMF (8 ml). After gas evolution ceased, methyl 4-bromomethylbenzoate (1.0 g) was added. After 4 hours, the mixture was partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was hydrolyzed by method P-a. This resulted in the product with the molecular weight of 194.23 (C11H14O3); MS (ESI): 195 (M+H+).

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