Anisole → 4-Bromo-4'-methoxybenzophenone

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To commercially available nitromethane (10 ml) were added commercially available anisole (1.08 g), commercially available 4-bromobenzoyl chloride (2.20 g) and commercially available ytterbium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate (620 mg), and the admixture was stirred at 60° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was partitioned between water and chloroform, and the chloroform layer was then dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After removing the solvent by reduced-pressure distillation, the resulting residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with hexane/ethyl acetate to obtain 1.65 g of the title compound (yield: 57%).

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