Hydroxyphenylacetic acid → 2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-N-methylacetamide

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To a solution of 7.6 g of p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid in 100 ml of acetonitrile were added 8.4 g of p-nitrophenol and 10.3 g of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide at room temperature with stirring, and the resulting crystals of dicyclohexylurea were filtered out. An ethereal solution of 7.8 g of methylamine was added to the filtrate containing p-nitrophenyl p-hydroxyphenylacetate, the mixture was allowed to stand to precipitate crystals. The crystals obtained were filtered out and washed with diethyl ether to obtain 4.0 g of the title compound.

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