Potassium Carbonate → 3-(2-Nitrophenoxy)benzonitrile

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In 50 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide were dissolved 5.0 g of 3-cyanophenol and 5.93 g of 2-fluoronitrobenzene followed by addition of 8.71 g of potassium carbonate, and the mixture was stirred with heating at 100° C. for 2 hours. After cooling, the reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with water 3 times, dried and concentrated. The residue was crystallized from diisopropyl ether to give 9.63 g of the title compound as light yellow crystals.

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