Benzyl 4-Hydroxybenzoate → HCID 18997200, compound

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In 120 ml of anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide was dissolved 25.9 g of benzyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and 12.7 ml of epibromohydrin. To the solution was added 23.6 g of anhydrous potassium carbonate, and the mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the obtained residue was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with water, dried with magnesium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography and purified by hexane-ethyl acetate gradient elution to give 24.5 g of the title compound as an oil (yield 76%).

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