Water → HCID 67301852, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a cold (ice water) suspension of sodium hydride (0.043 g; 1.1 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (1.4 mL) is added a solution of [4-(2-methoxybenzyl)cyclohexyl]methanol (0.21 g, 0.9 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (1.4 mL) over 11 minutes. After allowing to room temperature over 2 hours, this solution is added to a cold (ice water) stirred solution of 2,6-difluorobenzonitrile (0.14 g; 0.99 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (1.4 mL), and allowed to room temperature over 18 hours. The mixture was poured into a water (40 mL) solution and extracted with ethyl acetate (EtOAc) (4×10 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (40 mL) and dried over anhydrous Na2SO4. The organic layer was concentrated in vacuo to purify by of silica gel flash chromatography, using EtOAc/hexane (gradient system), to obtain 2-fluoro-6-[4-(2-methoxybenzyl)cyclohexylmethoxy]benzonitrile (0.09 g, 28% yield).

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