Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 4-methoxy-3-(2-methoxyethoxy)benzoate

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According to the procedure described in Example 6A Step 1, a mixture of methyl 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoate (5.00 g, 27.4 mmol), 1-bromo-2-methoxyethane (4.96 g, 35.7 mmol), and K2CO3 (4.6 g, 32.9 mmol) in DMF (20 mL) was heated at 90° C. overnight, to afford methyl 4-methoxy-3-(2-methoxyethoxyl)benzoate as a solid (5.6 g, 85%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.60 (dd, 1H), 7.46 (d, 1H), 7.09 (d, 1H), 4.12 (m, 2H), 3.84 (s, 3H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 3.67 (m, 2H), 3.33 (s, 3H).

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