Acetonitrile → Benzyl 5-fluoro-3-methoxy-2-nitrophenyl ether

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A mixture of 5-fluoro-3-methoxy-2-nitrophenol(0.56 g), acetonitrile(5 mL), potassium carbonate(0.46 g) and benzyl bromide(0.56 g) was stirred at reflux for 2 h. The cooled mixture was treated with water and ethyl acetate and the organic phase was separated, washed with brine, dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue was purified by flash chromatography eluting with increasingly polar mixtures of ethyl acetate and hexane to give the product (0.82 g), (m/e278, MH+).

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