Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 511923, compound

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Reaction Steps

To 5.5 g of p-hydroxybenzophenone in a 25 ml THF/25 ml DMSO mixture was added 3.6 g of t-BuOK and then 6.51 g of 2,5-bis(methylsulfonyl)pyridine, and the resulting mixture was heated at 62° C. for 11/2 hrs. The reaction mixture was cooled and added to approximately 3 to 4 volumes of water and stirred. The crude product which formed was filtered and dried. Recrystallization from ethanol gave purified (4-((5-(methylsulfonyl)-2-pyridinyl)oxy)phenyl)phenylmethanone, m.p. 130°-131.5° C.

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