Water → 1-[4-(2-Iodoethyl)phenyl]-5-phenylpentan-1-one

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A solution of 1-[4-(2-bromoethyl)phenyl]-5-phenylpentan-1-one (18.2 g) and sodium iodide (9.5 g) in 2-butanone (180 ml) was stirred at 60° C. for 3.5 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and the solvent was distilled away under reduced pressure to give a brown oily substance (19.2 g). The obtained brown oily substance was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent; hexane:ethyl acetate=20:1) to give 1-[4-(2-iodoethyl)phenyl]-5-phenylpentan-1-one (17.2 g) as a yellow oily substance.

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