Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → 4-(1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoro-2-(methoxymethoxy)propan-2-yl)-2-propylphenol

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N,N-Diisopropylethylamine (27.6 mL) was added to 2-propyl-4-[1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-hydroxypropan-2-yl]phenyl acetate (13.67 g, 39.7 mmol) in dichloromethane (160 mL), and then chloromethyl methyl ether (6.0 mL) was added. After stirring at 40° C. for 18 hours, methanol (20 mL) was added at room temperature. After stirring for 1.5 hours, potassium carbonate (11 g, 39.7 mmol) was added, followed by stirring overnight. Water was added to the reaction solution, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated saline, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=5:1) to obtain 10.87 g of the title compound (yield: 79%) as a pale yellow oil.

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