Phenol → Methyl phenoxyacetate

HRID 65312Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 65312 reaction equation
[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.Cl[CH2:9][C:10]([O:12][CH3:13])=[O:11].COC1C=CC=CC=1OC>CO>[CH3:13][O:12][C:10]([CH2:9][O:7][C:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1)=[O:11]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 996PhenolHCID 7043VeratroleHCID 7295Methyl chloroacetate

Product 1

HCID 16365Methyl phenoxyacetate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

Illustrative Embodiment 1 is repeated with a mixture of 32 g of phenol, 56 g of methyl chloroacetate, 13 g of methanol and 8 g of dimethoxy benzene (as a gas chromatograph standard). Methyl phenoxy acetate is formed.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3e8cb63691d84aab91db0d36efbd4639
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1986_09
Patent number
US04613682

Reaction notes

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