Iodoethane → 1-Ethoxy-2,3-Difluorobenzene

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

2,3-difluorophenol 3a (4 g, 30.7 mmol) was dissolved in 60 mL acetone, followed by addition of potassium carbonate (6.36 g, 46.1 mmol) and ethyl iodide (3.19 mL, 39.9 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 5 hours at 70° C. Thereafter, the reaction mixture was filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was dissolved in 100 mL ethyl acetate, and washed with water (100 mL) and saturated sodium chloride solution (100 mL), and the organic extract was combined, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound 1-ethoxy-2,3-difluoro-benzene 3b (4.82 g, yellow grease), yield: 99.4%. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 6.95-6.89 (m, 1H), 6.78-6.71 (m, 1H), 4.12 (q, 2H), 1.45 (t, 3H).

Provenance & Evidence