Water → 3-Acetamido-6-(4-methoxyphenoxymethyl)benzoic acid

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4-Methoxyphenol (1.95 g, 15.7 mmol) was allowed to react with 28% sodium methoxide (15.7 mmol) in methanol (30 ml), at room temperature for 30 minutes. After the reaction was completed, the solvent was distilled off to obtain sodium phenoxide. The obtained sodium phenoxide and 5-acetamidophthalide obtained in Reference Example 8 (3.0 g, 15.7 mmol) were heated under reflux in xylene (30 ml) for 14 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into water and washed twice with ether (30 ml). The aqueous layer was adjusted to pH 3 with 1 mol/l hydrochloric acid and the precipitated solid was separated by filtration to give 3-acetamido-6-(4-methoxyphenoxymethyl)benzoic acid (2.49 g, 51%).

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