Methyl iodide → 2-Bromo-5-methoxy-1,3-dimethylbenzene

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After 10.4 g of potassium carbonate and 6.80 ml of methyl iodide were added to a solution of 10.0 g of 4-bromo-3,5-dimethylphenol in 100 ml of acetone, the mixture was heated under reflux for 15 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and saturated aqueous ammonium chloride was added to the residue, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After filtration, the filtrate was concentrated and the resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane-ethyl acetate) to give 9.18 g of 4-bromo-3,5-dimethylanisole as colorless oil.

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