4-Phenoxyphenol → HCID 86690874, compound

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To a solution of 1-(4-chloro-2,6-dimethylphenyl)ethanone (26-1, 5.00 g, 27.4 mmol), K3PO4 (11.6 g, 54.6 mmol), and 4-phenoxyphenol (6.12 g, 32.9 mmol) in toluene (39.1 mL) was added 2-di-tert-butylphosphino-2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl (349 mg, 0.82 mmol) and Pd(OAc)2 (259 mg, 1.15 mmol). The reaction was heated at 100° C. for 4.0 h under N2. The solution was cooled to room temperature and filtered through a small pad of diatomaceous earth. The cake was washed with ethyl acetate (50 mL) and the combined filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (EtOAc:hexanes=1:10 as eluant) to give 1-(2,6-dimethyl-4-(4-phenoxyphenoxy)phenyl)ethanone (26-2, 7.70 g) as white solids in 85% yield: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.34-7.37 (m, 2 H), 7.10-7.13 (m, 1 H), 6.99-7.04 (m, 6 H), 6.65 (s, 2 H), 2.49 (s, 3 H), 2.24 (s, 6 H).

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