Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 86718605, compound

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Reaction Steps

2-Methoxyethoxymethylchloride (0.67 mL, 5.83 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 3-bromo-3′-fluoro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-ol (˜5.55 mmol) and diisopropylethylamine (1.93 mL, 11.1 mmol) in dry dichloromethane (20 mL) at room temperature under nitrogen. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature under nitrogen for 3 days, 1.0 M aqueous sodium hydroxide (20 mL) added and the biphasic mixture stirred vigorously for 20 minutes. The reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate (100 mL) and 1.0 M aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (100 mL), the organic phase separated, washed with water (75 mL) and saturated brine (75 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give an orange oil. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica eluting with a solvent gradient of 0 to 10% ethyl acetate (containing 2% methanol) in hexanes to give 3-bromo-3′-fluoro-4-((2-methoxyethoxy)methoxy)-1,1′-biphenyl (1.57 g, 80% yield) as a colorless oil.

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