Water → HCID 23146930, compound

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Methyl 2-ethyl-3,5-dihydroxyphenylacetate (1.70 g, 8.09 mmol) was dissolved in acetone (20 mL), and potassium carbonate (6.43 g, 46.5 mmol) and benzyl bromide (4.00 mL, 33.6 mmol) were added thereto ad stirred at room temperature for 6 hours. Water was added to the reaction mixture, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution, then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated away under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified through silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane/ethyl acetate=20/1 to 9/1) to obtain methyl 3,5-bis(benzyloxy)-2-ethylphenylacetate (2.08 g, 66%).

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