Potassium Carbonate → Ethyl 2-(2'-bromo-4'-fluorophenoxy)propionate

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Scheme IA, step A: 2-bromo-4-fluorophenol (15.0 g, 78.5 mmol) was dissolved in THF (200 mL) and treated with potassium carbonate (13.0 g, 94.2 mmol) and ethyl 2-bromopropionate (11.2 mL, 86.4 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 3 hours. Potassium iodide (0.1 g) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 2 hours at reflux. The reaction was then cooled, diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic extracts were combined, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was purified by flash chromatography to provide ethyl 2-(2′-bromo-4′-fluorophenoxy)propionate (19.8 g) as a clear oil.

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