Potassium Carbonate → HCID 14329993, compound

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A mixture of 2 g (0.0073 mol) of 1-(5-bromo-2,4-dihydroxy-3-propylphenyl)ethanone, 2.84 g (0.0073 mol) of [4-acetyl-3-(3-bromopropoxy)-2-propylphenoxy]acetic acid methyl ester and 1.52 g (0.011 mol) of anhydrous potassium carbonate in 150 ml of anhydrous acetone was stirred at reflux for 20 hours. An additional 1 g of potassium carbonate was added and reflux was continued for a total of 35 hours. The hot reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to a oil which was dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed with 1N sodium hydroxide and sodium chloride solution. The crude product was purified by HPLC, eluting with 25% ethyl acetate in hexane to yield 2.33 g (55% yield) of [4-acetyl-3-[3-(4-acetyl-6-bromo-3-hydroxy-2-propylphenoxy)propoxy]-2-propylphenoxy]acetic acid methyl ester as a pale yellow oil.

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