Potassium Iodide → Ethyl 7-(Benzyloxy)chroman-2-carboxylate

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A mixture of ethyl 7-hydroxy-chroman-2-carboxylate (6.1 g, 27.5 mmol), potassium carbonate (7.6 g, 55 mmol), potassium iodide (1.8 g, 11 mmol) and benzyl chloride (3.4 mL, 30 mmol) in acetone is heated at reflux for 16 hr under nitrogen, cooled, concentrated, diluted with water and extracted with EtOAc. The combined extracts are dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to afford the title compound as a straw-colored oil 8.58 g (100% yield), identified by NMR and mass spectral analyses.

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