Water → Methyl 4-benzyloxy3-(pyrrol-1-yl)benzoate

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Benzylbromide (2.9 ml) was added to the mixture of methyl 4-hydroxy-3-(pyrrol-1-yl)benzoate (5.0 g) and potassium t-butoxide (2.7 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (40 ml) under ice-cooling and the mixture was stirred for 5 hours at ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract layer was washed with brine and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed by concentration. The residue was crystallized from the mixture of toluene and diisopropyl ether and collected by filtration to give methyl 4-benzyloxy3-(pyrrol-1-yl)benzoate (4.2 g).

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