Sodium hydride → 2-(3-Chloro-4-ethoxyphenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoropropyl 3-(4-fluorophenoxy)benzyl ether

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Under a nitrogen atmosphere, 60 mg of sodium hydride (60% oil dispersion) was added to 10 ml of dry THF. A solution of 0.41 g of 2-(3-chloro-4-ethoxyphenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoropropanol and 1.43 g of 3-(4-fluorophenoxy)benzyl bromide in 10 ml of dry THF was then added with ice-cooling, and the reaction solution was stirred with ice-cooling for 1 hour and at room temperature for 12 hours. Thereafter, the reaction mixture was poured into dilute HCl-ice water and extracted twice with diethyl ether. The ether layers were combined, washed with saturated sodium chloride solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed under a reduced pressure, and the residue was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel [eluted with n-hexane/ethyl acetate (40:1) mixture] to obtain 255 mg of the desired compound.

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