Sodium Iodide → p-Benzyloxybenzyl iodide

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Reaction Steps

A solution of 1.0 g (4.3 mmol) of 4-benzyloxybenzyl chloride (Fluka; Buchs/Switzerland) in 8 ml of acetone is stirred at RT with 3.13 g (20.9 mmol) of sodium iodide. After 90 min, a gas chromatogram of the reaction mixture indicates that the reaction is complete; the reaction mixture is therefore poured onto ether, and this mixture is washed with 10% sodium thiosulfate solution and saline. Drying the organic phase with Na2SO4, and evaporating, yields the title compound: 1H-NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3 : 4.48 (s, 2H), 5.06 (s, 2H), 6.85-6.95 (m, 2H), 7.25-7.48 (m, 7H).

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