Benzyl Bromide → 1-Bromo-4-phenylmethoxybenzene

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4-Bromophenol (100 g, 0.587 mol) was dissolved in acetone (1100 ml), anhydrous potassium carbonate (159.53 g, 1.156 mmol) and benzyl bromide (103.78 g, 0.607 mol) were successively added thereto and the mixture was heated to reflux for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting crude product was recrystallized from hexane to give the title compound (120.76 g, 0.459 mol, 79%).

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