Toluene → Butyl 2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propanoate

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While stirring a mixture of 25 g of butyl 2-(4-formylphenoxy)propionate and 75 g of toluene at room temperature, 22.8 g of 40% peracetic acid was dropwise added. After stirring at 20° to 30° C. for 2 hours and at 50° C. for 2 hours, 2.0 g of water was added, and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and subjected to the same after-treatment as in Example 1, whereby 19.5 g of butyl 2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propionate was obtained as a colorless transparent liquid by the distillation under reduced pressure. The boiling point was 160° C./1 mmHg.

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