Sodium Carbonate → 1,4-Benzodioxane-6-carboxylic Acid

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A suspension of 80.1 g of calcium hypochlorite in 360 ml of water and a suspension of 6.72 g of sodium hydroxide and 56.4 g of sodium carbonate in 170 ml of water are combined and heated to 50° C. with stirring. The precipitate is removed by filtration and the solution obtained is combined with 25.0 g of 1,4-benzodioxan-6-yl-methylketone. The mixture is stirred for 15 h at 60° C., and after cooling to ambient temperature extracted with ethyl acetate. The aqueous phase is adjusted to a pH of 3 by the addition of concentrated hydrochloric acid while cooling with ice. The product precipitated is suction filtered, washed with water and dried at 90° C.

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