4-Hydroxybenzyl Alcohol → HCID 54431298, compound

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Reaction Steps

41.8 g (0.172 mol) of ethyl 2-bromo-phenylacetate and 21.3 g (0.172 mol) of 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol are dissolved in 850 ml of acetone and 24.8 g (0.18 mol) of potassium carbonate and 5.0 g (0.03 mol) of potassium iodide are added thereto. The reaction mixture is refluxed for 60 hours with stirring. Then the inorganic salts are filtered off and the residue is washed with hot acetone. The filtrate is evaporated down and the residue is purified over a silica gel column (particle size: 0.063-0.02 mm), initially using petroleum ether as eluant and then using mixtures of petroleum ether and ethyl acetate of increasing polarity (9:1, 8:2 and 7:3). The unified fractions are evaporated down in vacuo.

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