4-Benzylphenol → HCID 67860114, compound

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To a suspension of sodium hydride (60%, 2.0 g, 49 mmol) in dimethylformamide (200 mL) was added 4-benzylphenol (6.0 g, 33 mmol) portionwise. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours, then 1-bromo-3-chloropropane (5.1 mL, 49 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction was quenched with methanol (10 mL) and filtered through Celite®. The filtrate was taken up in ether (300 mL), washed thrice with water (150 mL) and dried over sodium sulfate. The solution was concentrated to give 7.5 g (79%) of 4-chloropropoxyphenyl-1-phenyl-methane methane as an amber oil. 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ7.44-6.78 (m,9H), 4.01(t,2H), 3.99(s,2H), 3.55(t,2H), 1.98(m,4H).

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