2-Methoxyethanol → HCID 23024267, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a 50 ml tetrahydrofuran solution of 4.0 g (23.8 mmol) of methyl 2,4-dihydroxybenzoate, 7.49 g (28.5 mmol) of triphenylphosphine, 2.25 ml (28.5 mmol) of 2-methoxyethanol, and 4.5 ml (28.5 mmol) of diethyl azodicarboxylate were slowly added at 0° C. The mixture was brought to room temperature, and stirred for 1 hour. Then, the reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, and washed with water and a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride. The washed system was dried over sodium sulfate, and then the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. To the residue, 100 ml of a solution of ethyl acetate/hexane (=1/4) was added, and insoluble solids were removed by filtration. Then, the mother liquor was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=6/1) to obtain 4.71 g (87%) of the captioned compound.

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