4-Methoxyphenol → 4-(4-Methoxy-phenoxy)-3,5-dimethyl-nitrobenzene

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A mixture of dimethylsulfoxide (875 ml), p-methoxyphenol (43.3g 0.3 48 mol), powdered potassium carbonate (69.9 g, 0.5 mol) and 4-chloro-3,5-dimethylnitrobenzene (see example 39, 64.6 g; 0.348 mol) is heated at a temperature of 125° for 18 hours. The suspension is cooled to 25° and pumped onto ice water (2620ml) with stirring. The mixture is stirred for 2 hours, the product is filtered, washed with water (4×300 ml) and air dried. A solution of the product in tert-butylmethyl ether (3L) is dried over magnesium sulfate and treated with charcoal (6.4g) for 2.5 hours. The drying agent is filtered off and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo at 50°/3mm Hg to give product which is recrystallized from toluene (212ml) and petroleum ether (600 ml) to give 3,5-dimethyl-4-(4'-methoxyphenoxy)-nitrobenzene, m.p. 120°-123°.

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