Methylparaben → 4-Phenethyloxybenzoic Acid Methyl Ester

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NaH (60%) (4.400 g, 120.0 mmol) was added to freshly distilled THF chilled to 0° C., followed by 4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester 9 (15.215 g, 100.0 mmol). After H2 evolution ceased, dimethylformamide (DMF) (20 ml) was added clearing the cloudy solution followed by phenethyl bromide 8 (16.39 ml, 120.0 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 24 hours. Upon cooling, the mixture was poured into H2O and extracted. The organic extracts were combined, washed, dried, and evaporated. The residue was purified by chromatography to give about 7.6 g of 4-phenethyloxybenzoic acid methyl ester 10.

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