Benzyl Bromide → 2-(Benzyloxy)-4-fluoro-1-nitrobenzene

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To a mixture of 5-fluoro-2-nitrophenol (50.0 g), potassium carbonate (44.0 g) and N,N-dimethylformamide (150 mL) was added benzyl bromide (59.9 g) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred for 15 hr. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, water was added, and the mixture was subjected to extraction with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained solid was washed with hexane to give the title compound (77.1 g, yield 98%) as pale-yellow crystals.

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