Water → 1-(Benzyloxy)-3-bromobenzene

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25.43 g (0.64 mol) of a 60% strength by weight sodium hydride dispersion in mineral oil are added in portions at room temperature to 100 g (0.58 mol) of commercially available 3-bromophenol in 600 ml of dimethylformamide, the mixture is stirred for a further half an hour, and 66.5 ml (0.58 mol) of commercially available benzyl chloride are added dropwise. The mixture is stirred at room temperature for 1 hour, 11 of water is added, and the solid which precipitates is filtered off, washed with water and recrystallized from 600 ml of isopropanol, giving 108 g of 3-benzyloxybromobenzene. ##STR12##

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