Water → 1-Ethoxy-4-iodobenzene

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To a mixture of 4-iodophenol (2 g) and potassium carbonate (1.88 g) in DMF (20 ml) was added dropwise ethyl iodide (1.83 ml) at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred at 50° C. overnight. The resulting mixture was poured into water (50 ml), and extracted with diethyl ether (25 ml×3). The combined organic layer was washed with 0.5N hydrochloric acid, saturated aqueous NaHCO3 solution and brine, and dried over MgSO4. The solvent was evaporated to give 2.06 g of 1-ethoxy-4-iodobenzene as a slightly brown solid. The product was used for the next reaction without further purification.

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