Methyl iodide → HCID 21930404, compound

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4-Chloro-2-(3-formyl-5-hydroxyphenoxy)benzonitrile (0.20 g, 0.75 mmol) in DMF (5 ml) was treated with sodium hydride (60% in mineral oil, 30 mg, 0.78 mmol) followed after 10 min by methyl iodide (0.1 ml). After 16 h, a further amount of sodium hydride (8 mg) and methyl iodide (0.1 ml) were added. After 3 h, the mixture was diluted with water, extracted with ethyl acetate, the extracts washed with water, dried over, sodium sulphate and evaporated to give the sub-title compound as a pale yellow solid (213 mg).

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