Potassium tert-butoxide (198 mg, 1.76 mmol) was added, at 0° C., to a solution of 3-Fluoro-4-hydroxy-benzaldehyde (235 mg, 1.68 mmol) in dry N,N-dimethylformamide (2 mL). The mixture was stirred for 10 minutes. 4-(3-Bromo-propoxy)-biphenyl (example 23, Step D) (539 mg, 1.84 mmol) was added and the reaction was stirred for 24 hours at room temperature. The mixture was diluted with water (15 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (4×15 mL). The combined organic layers were dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated under vacuum to produce a solid which was washed with hexanes to produce 4-[3-(Biphenyl-4-yloxy)-propoxy]-3-fluoro-benzaldehyde as a pale brown solid (490 mg, 83%). 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 200.15 MHz): δ 9.83 (d, 1H, J=2.2), 7.64–7.23 (m, 9H), 7.09 (t, 1H, J=8.2), 6.96 (d, 2H, J=8.8), 4.32 (t, 2H, J=5.9), 4.21 (t, 2H, J=5.9), 2.35 (qn, 2H, J=5.9).
