Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 68679905, compound

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A mixture of 1-(2-chloro-ethoxy)-2-nitrobenzene (1.2 g, 6 mmoles) and chloromethyl phenyl sulfone (2.16 g, 9 mmoles) was stirred in THF (50 mL) at −78° C., in a round bottom flask under nitrogen. A solution of 1M potassium t-butoxide was added dropwise (18 mL, 18 mmoles) over a half an hour period. Temperature was allowed to rise to −40° C., and the reaction mixture was stirred at this temperature for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into cold 2N HCl, extracted with EtOAc, dried over Na2SO4, and concentrated under vacuum. Compound was recrystallized from CH2Cl2/hexane to afford the title compound as an off-white solid (1.5 g, 4.2 mmoles).

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