3,5-Dimethoxyphenol → 1-(3-Chloropropoxy)-3,5-dimethoxybenzene

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A mixture of 3,5-dimethoxyphenol 100.0 g (0.6486 mole), chlorobromopropane 148.0 g (0.96 mole) and potassium carbonate 89.6 g (0.96 mole) was heated overnight at gentle reflux in 600 ml of acetone. The reaction mixture was cooled at room temperature, filtered, and stripped to dryness via a rotary evaporator. The resulting oil was dissolved in chloroform and the solution extracted with 5% aqueous sodium hydroxide; removal of chloroform gave a dark brown oil. A 5-g sample of the oil was pumped in vacuo overnight at 80° C. This produced 3.23 g (53.2% yield based on the aliquot taken) of dark brown oil. H1 (CDCl3): δ 2-2.14 (quintuplet, center methylene protons, 2H), 3.6-4.2 (m, aliphatic protons, 4H), 3.8 (s, OCH3, 6H), 6.1 (s,aromatic protons, 3H).

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