Bis(2-bromoethyl) ether → Ethyl 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-carboxylate

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A mixture of NaH (1.7 g, 71 mmol) in 100 mL NMP stirred at 0° C., was treated dropwise with a mixture of ethyl 2-(4-fluorophenyl)acetate (5.2 g, 29 mmol) and 1-bromo-2-(2-bromoethoxy)ethane (6.6 g, 29 mmol) in 20 mL ether. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 5 hours, M+1=253. The mixture was then carefully quenched with 100 mL H2O, and the pH was adjusted to 5. The mixture was extracted with ether (3×100 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with H2O (3×50 mL) and brine (20 mL). The combined organic layers were then dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give 7.1 g of the crude product as a pale yellow oil. MS (m/z)=253 (M+H)+.

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