Phenol → HCID 57894208, compound

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A mixture of 3-{4-[3-(2-bromo-4-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-5-methyl-phenoxy]-2-methyl-phenyl}-propionic acid ethyl ester (0.309 g, 0.576 mmol), phenol (0.163 g, 1.73 mmol), cesium carbonate (0.56 g, 1.72 mmol), copper (I) chloride (0.029 g, 0.293 mmol) and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedione (0.027 g, 0.147 mmol) in 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (10 mL) is heated to 120° C. for 20 hours under N2. The reaction is cooled and quenched with 1 N HCl (20 mL). The mixture is then diluted with Et2O and extracted with water. The organic layer is dried (Na2SO4), and the solvent is removed in vacuo to afford crude product that is absorbed on silica gel and purified by flash chromatography using 9/1 hexanes/ethyl acetate to afford 0.173 g (43%) of the title compound. Rf=0.55 (4/1 hexanes/EtOAc). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3); MS (ES+) M/z mass calculated for C32H29O35F3 550, found 551 (M+1, 100%).

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