Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic → 1-(4-Ethoxy-2,3-difluorophenyl)-4-(4-ethoxy-2,3-difluorophenoxymethyl)-cyclohexane

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4-Ethoxy-2,3-difluorophenol (6) (2.2 g) and tripotassium phosphate (K3PO4) (11.0 g) were added to DMF (100 ml) under a nitrogen atmosphere, and the stirring was continued at 70° C. The compound (20) (3.0 g) was added thereto, and the stirring was continued at 70° C. for 7 hours. After the reaction mixture obtained had been cooled to 30° C. and separated from the solid by filtration, toluene (100 ml) and water (100 ml) were added thereto and mixed. The mixture was then allowed to separate into organic and aqueous phases. The extraction into an organic phase was carried out. The organic phase obtained was washed with brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Then, the solvent was distilled off, and the residue obtained was purified by means of column chromatography (silica gel/toluene=1/2 by volume). The product was further purified by means of recrystallization (Solmix A-11: heptane=1:2 by volume), giving 2.2 g of 1-(4-ethoxy-2,3-difluorophenyl)-4-(4-ethoxy-2,3-difluorophenoxymethyl)-cyclohexane (No. 828). The yield based on the compound (20) was 74.0%.

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