Water → 1-Bromo-4-phenylmethoxybenzene

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p-Bromophenol (25.0 g) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (20.0 g) were suspended in N,N-dimethylformamide (250 mL). To the suspension was added dropwise benzyl chloride (20.2 g) at room temperature. After heating at 95 to 100° C. for one hour, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and water (400 mL) was added. After extraction with ethyl acetate, the organic layer was washed with saturated saline and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under a reduced pressure to give the title compound (34.3 g) as milk-white crystals in a yield of 90%.

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