Phenol → Diphenyl Ether

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Reaction Steps

To the phenol resin (100 mg), 4-phenylbutan-1-ol (0.42 mmol) was added at room temperature, followed by the addition of dry tetrahydrofuran (0.4 mL) and dichloromethane (0.4 mL). At room temperature, tri-n-butylphosphine (0.42 mmol) was added dropwise thereto and further 1,1′-azobis(N,N-dimethylformamide) (0.42 mmol) was added. The mixture was shaken at room temperature for 5 hours. The resin was taken up by filtration, washed with a mixed solvent (dichloromethane:tetrahydrofuran=1:1) 4 times and dichloromethane 2 times and then dried to give a phenyl ether resin (about 100 mg).

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