Ethyl Acetate → 4-Acetoxymethyl-2-methoxyphenol

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Vanillyl alcohol (5) (10.3 g, 66.8 mmol) was dissolved in ethyl acetate (160 ml) at room temperature, Novozym 435 (2.00 g) was added, and the mixture was stirred at 65° C. for 69 hours. Then, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, the enzyme was filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (gradient; ethyl acetate:n-hexane=19:81→40:60) to give 4-acetoxymethyl-2-methoxyphenol (6) (11.8 g, 59.8 mmol, yield 89%) as a colorless solid.

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