(4-Bromo-3-fluorophenyl)methanol → Tert-butyl(4-chloro-2-{[2-fluoro-4-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl]ethynyl}phenoxy)acetate

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Following the general method as outlined in Intermediate 19, starting from tert-butyl(4-chloro-2-ethynylphenoxy)acetate (Intermediate 3) and (4-bromo-3-fluorophenyl)methanol (Intermediate 9), the title compound was obtained as a dark brown sticky solid after purification by flash column chromatography (silica), eluting with cyclohexane containing increasing amounts of EtOAc.

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