Phenol → 4-Bromo-2-(cyclopentyloxy)-1-methoxybenzene

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Cyclopentyl bromide (37 mL, 0.345 mol) was added to a slurry of the phenol (50 g, 0.246 mol) and potassium carbonate (17 g, 0.123 mol) in acetonitrile (500 mL) at reflux temperature. After two hours, cyclopentyl bromide (13.2 mL, 0.123 mol) and potassium carbonate (8.5 g, 0.062 mol) were added to complete the reaction (1 hour). Reaction pro gress was monitored by TLC (50% ethyl ether in hexane). The suspension was filtered. The filtered material was washed with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL). The filtrates were combined, concentrated and distilled under vacuum (0.1 mm, 140° C.-145° C.) to yield 65.62 g (0.242 mol, 98%) of product.

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