Potassium Carbonate → HCID 70980333, compound

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A mixture of 1-bromo-2-propanol (70%) and 2-bromo-1-propanol (30%) (5.81 g, 41.8 mmol) was added to a solution of 3-fluoro-5-methylsulfonyl-phenol (1.59 g, 8.36 mmol) and potassium carbonate (2.37 g, 16.71 mmol) in dry dimethyl formamide (10 ml), the mixture was heated to 120° C. for 20 hours, the mixture was allowed to cool to ambient temperature and water (100 ml) was added. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 ml), the combined organic phase was washed with LiCl (5% aqueous solution, 4×50 ml), brine (50 ml) and dried with Na2SO4 and evaporated. Purification flash chromatography (isooctane:ethyl acetate 1:0 to 3:2). 0.65 g (mixture of 1-(3-fluoro-5-methylsulfonyl-phenoxy)propan-2-ol and 2-(3-fluoro-5-methylsulfonyl-phenoxy)propan-1-ol), 31%. MS m/z (relative intensity, 70 eV) 248 (M+, 14), 204 (54), 203 (bp), 191 (37), 190 (44).

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