Water → Phenol, 3-bromo-, 1-acetate

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Acetyl chloride (10.2 mL, 144 mmol) was added in a dropwise manner over 1 h to a cold (ice bath) solution of 3-bromophenol (25 g, 144 mmol) and pyridine (10.8 mL, 144 mmol) in dichloromethane (100 mL), and the reaction was stirred 18 hr at room temperature. Water (150 mL) was added and the organic layer was extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic layers were washed with 2.5N NaHSO4, 3N NaOH, water, brine, and dried over Na2SO4, and filtered. Concentration gave the 3-bromophenyl acetate as a pink liquid (28 g, 96%). GC-MS data: 214 (M+); 1H NMR (DMSO-d6): 7.37-7.39 (d, 1H), 7.26-7.30 (m, 2H), 7.04-7.07 (t, 1H), 2.30 (s, 3H).

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