3-Methoxyphenol → 2-(3-Methoxyphenoxy)acetamide

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A mixture of 3-methoxyphenol (2.48 g, 20.0 mmol), 2-bromoacetamide (3.31 g, 24.0 mmol) and K2CO3 (5.53 g, 40.0 mmol) in acetone (30 mL) was stirred at 70° C. for 9 h. The mixture was cooled to rt and filtered and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (PE/EtOAc (V/V)=1:1) to give the title compound as a white solid (3.0 g, 83%).

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