Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid → Methyl cyclohexanecarboxylate

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To an ice-cooled and stirred solution of cyclohexanecarboxylic acid (7.4 g, 0.058 mol) in 30 ml of ether was slowly added an excess solution of diazomethane in ether. After concentration of ether, the residue was distilled under reduced pressure to give a colorless transparent liquid of methyl cyclohexanecarboxylate (5.6 g, 0.039 mol, yield 67.2%, b.p. 73°-74° C./16 mmHg), which was assigned the structure by the following data:

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