Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Benzyloxy-p-anisic acid

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A 25 g quantity of the methyl 3-benzyloxy-4-methoxybenzoate obtained in Reference Example 2 was dissolved in 100 ml of acetonitrile, and a solution of 11 g of sodium hydroxide in 100 ml of water was added. The mixture was stirred with heating at 40° C. for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled with ice, and concentrated hydrochloric acid was added to give a pH of about 3. The precipitated crystals were collected by filtration and dried under reduced pressure to give 22.1 g of white crystalline 3-benzyloxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid.

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