Water → 1-(2,6-Dimethyl-4-(pyrazin-2-yloxy)phenyl)ethanone

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A mixture of 1-(4-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylphenyl)ethanone (4-2, 4.66 g, 28.4 mmol), 2-chloropyrazine (2.50 g, 21.8 mmol), copper (27.7 mg, 4.36 mmol), and potassium carbonate (9.05 g, 65.5 mmol) in 43.7 mL of DMF was stirred at 100° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was added with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO4(s), concentrated under reduced pressure, and purified by column chromatography on silica gel (50% EtOAc in hexanes as eluant) to give 1-(2,6-dimethyl-4-(pyrazin-2-yloxy)phenyl)ethanone (7-1, 4.65 g) as brown oils: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.43 (bs, 1 H), 8.29 (bs, 1 H), 8.14 (bs, 1 H), 6.83 (s, 2 H), 2.49 (s, 3 H), 2.27 (s, 6 H).

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