Sodium hydride → HCID 68048091, compound

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Reaction Steps

Methyl hydroxyacetate (0.80 g, 8.8 mmol) was dissolved in THF (10 mL) and allowed to stir at 0° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere. NaH (0.40 g, 9.6 mmol, 60% dispersion in oil) was added portionwise over approximately 5 minutes. The cooling bath was removed and the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to ambient temperature. 1-Bromo-3-(bromomethyl)benzene (2.0 g, 8.0 mmol) was added in a single portion and the resulting mixture was heated to 40° C. After 4 hours, the reaction mixture was allowed to cool to ambient temperature and partitioned between water and EtOAc. The layers were separated, and the organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3, brine, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to afford the title compound, which was carried forward without further purification. 1H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.53-7.50 (m, 1H), 7.42-7.38 (m, 1H), 7.30-7.17 (m, 2H), 4.57 (s, 2H), 4.09 (s, 2H), 3.74 (s, 3H).

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