Water → 1-Fluoro-2-(4-iodophenoxy)benzene

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Add isoamylnitrite (2.45 g, 2.5 Eq.) to 4-(2-fluoro-phenoxy)-phenylamine (1.70 g, 8.37 mmol) and diiodomethane (7.84 g, 3.5 Eq.) in acetonitrile (10 mL) while stirring at 55° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere. Slowly heat mixture to 75° C. and heat at this temperature for 3 hours. Cool to room temperature and pour into water, and extract the desired material into ethyl acetate. Wash this organic layer once with water, dry over potassium carbonate, filter, and concentrate under reduced vacuum to give 2.41 g of an oil. Purify the material by silica gel chromatography (Prep. 2000) eluting with hexane/methylene chloride 9:1 to provide 1.60 g of the title compound as a thin oil. Mass spectrum (m/e): 314.0 (M*): (Bruker 300) 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.55-7.60 (2H, d), 7.02-7.20 (4H, m), 6.69-6.72 (2H, d).

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