Sodium Hydroxide → 1-Bromo-4-cyano-3-(4-methoxy-benzyl)-benzene

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A mixture of 25 g of ethyl (4-methoxy-phenyl)-acetate, 27.4 g of 1-bromo-4-cyano-3-fluoro-benzene and 20 mL of N-methyl-pyrrolidin-2-one is slowly added to 31.4 g of potassium tert butoxide in 130 mL of N-methyl-pyrrolidin-2-one keeping the temperature below 10° C. After stirring for 1 hour at room temperature, 100 mL of methanol and 137 mL of 1 M aqueous sodium hydroxide are added and the mixture is stirred overnight at room temperature. The methanol fraction is evaporated, the residue is basified with 1 M aqueous sodium hydroxide and extracted with tert butyl-methyl ether. The aqueous phase is acidified with 4 M hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate several times. The combined ethyl acetate extracts are evaporated and the residue together with 120 mL of N,N-dimethyl formamide and 24.9 g of potassium carbonate heated at 100° C. for 1 hour. The reaction mixture is diluted with aqueous sodium bicarbonate and extracted several times with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts are evaporated and the residue crystallized from methanol.

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