4-Nitrophenol → O-(5-Fluorobenzothiazol-2-ylmethyl)-4-nitrophenol

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452.9 mg of sodium hydride (as a 60% w/w dispersion in mineral oil) were added to a solution of 1.5 g of 4-nitrophenol in 30 ml of dimethylformamide cooled in an ice-water bath. The resulting mixture was stirred at this temperature for 5 minutes, after which a solution of 2.79 g of 2-bromomethyl-5-fluorobenzothiazole in 5 ml of dimethylformamide was added thereto. The temperature of the resulting mixture was elevated to room temperature and the mixture was then stirred for 3 hours. At the end of this time, a saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution was added to the reaction mixture and the resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The resulting extract was washed consecutively with water and a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was washed with a mixed solvent of methylene chloride and hexane to give 2.33 g of the title compound as a crude crystalline solid.

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