Phenol → 4-Bromo-2-phenoxybenzaldehyde

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A 250 mL round-bottom flask was purged with and maintained under an inert atmosphere of nitrogen then charged with 4-bromo-2-fluorobenzaldehyde (2.00 g, 9.85 mmol, 1.00 equiv), phenol (0.926 g, 9.84 mmol, 1.00 equiv), potassium carbonate (1.35 g, 9.77 mmol, 0.99 equiv), and N,N-dimethylacetamide (30 mL). The resulting solution stirred for 4 h at 150° C. and then diluted with water (30 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×20 mL). The organic layers were combined, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was chromatographed on a silica gel column with ethyl acetate/petroleum ether (1/99) to provide 2.40 g (88% yield) of 4-bromo-2-phenoxybenzaldehyde as a light yellow solid. 1H NMR 400 MHz (CDCl3) δ 10.51 (s, 1H), 7.82 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.41-7.48 (m, 1H), 7.33 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.25-7.29 (m, 1H), 7.12 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 2H), 7.04 (s, 1H). LCMS (ESI, m/z): 277 [M+H]+.

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