4-Fluorobenzyl chloride → 5-(4-Fluoro-benzyloxy)-2-nitro-meta-xylene

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A mixture of 3,5-dimethyl-4-nitrophenol (0.97 g, 5.79 mmol), 4-fluorobenzyl chloride (1.26 g, 8.69 mmol) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (1.24 g, 9.0 mmol) in 50 ml of acetone was stirred under reflux for 22 hours. TLC showed this reaction is complete. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and filtered and washed with acetone. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness to give the crude product, which was used for next step without further purification.

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