Methyl iodide → 1-Bromo-4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxybenzene

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A heterogeneous mixture of 3-bromo-6-chloro-2-fluorophenol (14.4 g, 0.064 mol), methyl iodide (13.5 g, 0.096 mol) and potassium carbonate (8.8 g, 0.064 mol) in acetonitrile (100 mL) was heated under reflux for 2 hours. The mixture was cooled, diluted with water (100 mL) and extracted with ethyl ether (2×150 mL). The combined extracts were dried and concentrated. The dark oil was purified by chromatography (5% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to give 1-bromo-4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxybenzene (14.8 g, 0.062 mol): 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.20 (m, 1H), 7.10 (dd, 1H), 4.0 (s, 3H).

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