Triphenylphosphine → 4-[2-(4-Bromo-3-fluorophenoxy)ethyl]morpholine

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Reaction Steps

A flask was charged with 4-bromo-3-fluorophenol (4.999 g, 26.2 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (10.298 g, 39.3 mmol). Methylene chloride (120 mL) was added followed by 2-morpholinoethanol (4 mL, 33.0 mmol) and the solution was stirred on an ice water bath to cool. After 5 minutes, diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (7.6 ml, 39.1 mmol) was added over 6 to 8 minutes. The reaction was left stirring on the cold bath to slowly warm to room temperature overnight. The reaction was concentrated and the residue purified by flash chromatography (25% to 100% EtOAc in hexanes) to provide the product as a colorless oil (2.621 g, 33%).

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