4-(4-Bromophenoxy)-2-(hydroxymethyl)butyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate → 3-(2-(4-Bromophenoxy)ethyl)oxetane

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To a solution of 4-(4-bromophenoxy)-2-(hydroxymethyl)butyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate (0.450 g, 1.04 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) was added n-butyl lithium (0.42 mL, 2.5 M, 1.04 mmol) dropwise at 0° C. After complete addition of the n-butyl lithium solution, the resulting mixture was heated at reflux overnight. The reaction was carefully quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate (5×20 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude product. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (0-20% ethyl acetate/petroleum ether) to afford the title compound (0.10 g, 37%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) ppm 7.37 (d, 2 H), 6.74 (d, 2 H), 4.89-4.78 (m, 2 H), 4.56-4.45 (m, 2 H), 3.94-3.87 (m, 2 H), 3.30-3.17 (m, 1 H), 2.23-2.12 (m, 2 H)

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