4'-Hydroxyacetophenone → HCID 10061000, compound

Reaction equation

[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:8](=[O:10])[CH3:9])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[Br:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14]Br.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CC(C)=O>[Br:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][O:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:8](=[O:10])[CH3:9])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

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Procedure

p-Hydroxyacetophenone (13.6 g.), 1,3-dibromopropane (121.2 g.) and potassium carbonate (15.8 g.) were dissolved in acetone (250 ml.), and the solution was refluxed under heating for 6 hours. After the reaction mixture was filtered, the acetone was removed by evaporation from the filtrate under reduced pressure to give an oily residue. The excess of 1,3-dibromopropane was removed by distillation from the oily residue under reduced pressure to give a residue, which was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel (20 g.). Elution was carried out with benzene and the fractions containing a desired compound were collected. The eluate was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure to give p-(3-bromopropoxy)acetophenone (18 g.).