Sodium Carbonate → HCID 43327322, compound

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4-Fluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile (53 g, 280.4 mmol, AK Scientific) was treated with 4-iodophenol (61.7 g, 280.4 mmol, Aldrich) and sodium carbonate (44.6 g, 420.6 mmol) in 90 mL anhydrous DMF at 100° C. for 20 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with 250 mL water and extracted with 2×200 mL EtOAc. The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to give 4-(4-iodophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile as a white solid (75 g, 69%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 7.80-7.72 (3 H, m), 7.36-7.32 (1 H, m), 7.17-7.10 (1 H, m), 6.89-6.82 (2 H, m).

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