Water → t-Butyl (3-iodophenoxy)acetate

To a solution of 3-iodophenol (2.20 g, 10.0 mmol) in dimethylformamide (20 ml) were added potassium carbonate (2.07 g, 15.0 mmol) and t-butyl bromoacetate (1.62 ml, 11.0 mmol), and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. Thereto was added water and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with 10% aqueous citric acid solution, water, an aqueous saturated sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution in the order, and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed to give the subject compound as a colorless oil (3.28 g, 98%).