Sodium Iodide → HCID 476768, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 34.0 g (0.2 mole) or p-phenylphenol (Eastman) and 10.8 g (0.2 mole) of sodium methoxide (MCB) in 500 ml of dry dimethylformamide is heated and stirred on a steam bath for 0.5 hour, after which 27.3 g (0.2 mole) of 6-chlorohexan-1-ol (MCB) and about 2 g of sodium iodide are added. The mixture is heated to reflux with stirring, and then allowed to cool to room temperature. The reaction mixture is partitioned between ether/acetone and water, and the organic phase is extracted with base, washed with water and brine, dried (Na2SO4), and the solvent evaporated. The resultant white solid product is recrystallized twice from methanol/acetone, to give the desired product, m.p. 103°-105° C.

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