Cl[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([F:8])[C:3]=1[CH2:9][C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11].[CH3:13][O:14][C:15]1[CH:16]=[C:17]([OH:23])[CH:18]=[C:19]([O:21][CH3:22])[CH:20]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>[Cu](I)I.[Cu].CN(C)C=O>[CH3:22][O:21][C:19]1[CH:18]=[C:17]([CH:16]=[C:15]([O:14][CH3:13])[CH:20]=1)[O:23][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([F:8])[C:3]=1[CH2:9][C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11]N,N-Dimethylformamide (20 ml) was added to 2-chloro-6-fluorophenyl acetic acid (3.77 g), 3,5-dimethoxyphenol (3.08 g), potassium carbonate (5.52 g), copper iodide (950 mg) and copper (250 mg), for stirring at 120° C. for 20 hours. The resulting reaction solution was partitioned with ethyl acetate and dilute hydrochloric acid, and the organic phase was washed in water and in a saturated sodium chloride solution, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, to distill off the solvents under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent: hexane:ethyl acetate=7:3), to recover 2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenoxy)-6-fluorophenyl acetic acid (5.27 g; yield of 86%). By 1H-NMR (90 MHz, CDCl3), the compound has the peaks shown below.
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