Sodium Acetate → HCID 66890465, compound

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Methyl 3-hydroxy-4-(methyloxy)benzoate (27 g, 149 mmol.) was taken into acetic anhydride (150 mL) followed by addition of sodium acetate (24 g, 298 mmol.) and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature over 20 hours. The solid was filtered and washed once with ethyl acetate and the combined organic layers concentrated in vacuo to a slurry. The solid was collected by filtration, washed once with water and dried in vacuo to provide methyl 3-(acetyloxy)-4-(methyloxy)benzoate (25.9 g, 77% yield) as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 7.92 (dd, 1H), 7.70 (d, 1H), 6.97 (d, 1H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 3.87 (s, 3H), 2.32 (s, 3H).

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