Water → 1-Bromo-4-((2-methoxyethoxy)methyl)benzene

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To an ice-cooled solution of 4-bromobenzyl bromide (3.00 g) and 2-methoxyethanol (1.04 ml) in tetrahydrofuran (30 ml) was added sodium hydride (60%) (0.58 g) in a stream of nitrogen. The mixture was stirred at this temperature for 15 minutes and at room temperature for further 4 hours. To the mixture was added water (1 ml) under ice-cooling. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed successively with water and saturated sodium chloride solution. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to give 1-bromo-4-(2-methoxyethoxymethyl)benzene (3.10 g) as a pale yellow oil.

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