Methanol → 3-methoxycarbonylcyclohexa-1,4-diene

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Concentrated H2SO4 (1 ml) was added to a solution of 1,4-dihydrobenzoic acid (3 g, 23.97 mmol) in freshly dried methanol (10 ml). The reaction was heated to reflux in air for 1 h, cooled, poured into H2O (25 ml) and extracted with ether (3×50 ml). The combined ether layers were washed with 5% Na[HCO3] solution (50 ml) and saturated NaCl solution (50 ml) and dried over MgSO4. The ether was removed on the rotary evaporator to leave a colourless oil which was used without further purification.

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