5-Fluoro-2-nitrophenol → 4-Fluoro-2-methoxymethoxy-1-nitro-benzene

Reaction equation

[F:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([N+:9]([O-:11])=[O:10])=[C:6]([OH:8])[CH:7]=1.[H-].[Na+].Cl[CH2:15][O:16][CH2:17]Cl>CN(C=O)C>[F:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][C:5]([N+:9]([O-:11])=[O:10])=[C:6]([O:8][CH2:15][O:16][CH3:17])[CH:7]=1

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Procedure

5-Fluoro-2-nitrophenol (10 g, 63 mmol, 99%) was dissolved in anhydrous DMF (100 mL) in an oven-dried flask. The solution was stirred under an atmosphere of nitrogen and cooled in an ice-water bath. Sodium hydride (3.0 g, 75 mmol) was added with stirring, after which chloro methylether (5.3 g, 66 mmol) was added dropwise. The resulting mixture was aged at room temperature for 1 h. The reaction was quenched with MeOH, diluted with ether and washed with water and brine. The ether layer was dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo. Purification of the product by silica gel chromatography (hexanes/EtOAc=1/7) gave the title compound in 88% yield. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.53 (s, 3H), 5.30 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 2H), 6.78 (dd, J=7.3, 9.1 Hz, 1H), 7.06 (dt, J=2.3, 10.4 Hz, 1H), 7.91 (dd, J=6.0, 9.0 Hz, 1H). 13C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl3) δ 57.0, 95.6, 105.0 (d, J=26.3 Hz), 108.8 (d, J=23.0 Hz), 127.8 (d, J=10.7 Hz), 152.8 (d, J=11.5 Hz), 165.5 (d, J=255.9 Hz). HRMS (FAB) calcd for C8H8FNNaO4 (M+Na+) 224.0330. found 224.0328.