Carbon Tetrachloride → 1-Benzyloxy-3-chloromethyl-7-fluoro-naphthalene

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To a solution of triphenylphosphine (2.8 g, 10.6 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (16 mL) was added carbon tetrachloride (5 mL). After the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 minutes, (4-benzyloxy-6-fluoro-naphthalen-2-yl)-methanol (1.5 g, 5.3 mmol) was added as a solid under a nitrogen atmosphere. After being stirred at reflux for 2 hours, the resulting mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with water, and extracted with ethyl acetate (100 mL). The organic layer was washed with water (50 mL×2). The combined aqueous layers were extracted with ethyl acetate (100 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography (elution with 5% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether) to afford 1-benzyloxy-3-chloromethyl-7-fluoro-naphthalene (1.4 g, 87.5%) as a white solid.

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