Iodoethane → 1-(3-Ethoxyphenyl)ethanone

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Commercially available 3-hydroxyacetophenone (25 g, 184 mmol) was stirred with ethyl iodide (17.8 mL, 220 mmol) and potassium carbonate (126.89 g, 918 mmol) in acetone (500 mL) at 55° C. for 16 h. Cooled to 23° C., filtered the solids off and the solvent was removed in vacuum. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography with heptane/ethyl acetate 4:1 to give the title compound as a light yellow liquid (29.5 g, 98%). MS (ISP) 165.2 [(M+H)+].

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