Sodium Iodide → HCID 69082490, compound

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Reaction Steps

A 500 mL three-neck flask was charged with 4-hydroxybenzophenone (80.00 g; 0.4036 mol), 1-bromo-3-chloropropane (76.25 g; 0.4843 mol) and 4-methyl-2-pentanone (330 mL). Anhydrous potassium carbonate (61.36 g; 0.4440 mol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at reflux (120° C.) for 4 h. HPLC analysis shows that the reaction mixture contains 90.0% 4-(3-chloropropoxy)benzophenone; 7.0% 1,3-bis(4-benzoylphenoxy)propane and 0.8% 4-hydroxybenzophenone. The reaction mixture was filtered hot and the inorganic solids were washed with 4-methyl-2-pentanone (100 mL). The filtrate was charged into a mixture of diethanolamine (148.5 g; 1.412 mol), sodium iodide (6.05 g; 0.0404 mol) and 4-methyl-2-pentanone (150 mL). The reaction mixture heated to reflux (122° C.) for 24 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and extracted with water (500 mL). The organic phase was extracted with 1 M HCl (500 mL) at 70° C. to prevent crystallisation of the 1,3-bis(4-benzoylphenoxy)propane byproduct. The aqueous phase was separated, cooled to room temperature and taken to pH 12 with 50% aqueous NaOH. The resulting emulsion was extracted with 4-methyl-2-pentanone (3×200 mL). The organic phase was separated, dried (MgSO4), filtered and the solvent removed in vacuo. This provides 4-{3-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]propoxy}benzophenone (123.2 g; 89% yield over 3 steps).

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