4-Bromophenol → 4-Bromophenyl-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)ether

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4-Bromophenol (1.07 g, 6.18 mmol), 3,4-dichlorobenzyl alcohol (1.42 g, 8.02 mmol), and triphenylphosphine (2.10 g, 8.01 mmol) were dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL), and a diethyl azodicarboxylate toluene solution (2.2M, 3.65 mL, 8.03 mmol) was slowly added dropwise thereto at room temperature, and then, the resulting mixture was stirred under a nitrogen atmosphere at room temperature for 2 hours. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=100:0 to 95:5 (v/v)), whereby the objective title compound was obtained as a white solid (2.25 g, quantitative).

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