Potassium Carbonate → 2-[4-(6-Chloro-2-pyridinyloxy)-phenoxymethyl]-5-bromothiophene

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3.5 g of 4-(6-chloro-2-pyridinyloxy)-phenol and 3.2 g of potassium carbonate are stirred for one hour at 60° C. in 100 ml of anhydrous dimethylformamide. Subsequently, 6.5 g of 5-bromo-2-chloromethylthiophene in 30 ml of anhydrous dimethylformamide is dripped in. The mixture is stirred for 6 hours at 80° C. and overnight at room temperature (about 20° C.). The mixture is then poured into 200 ml of ice water. The crude product which precipitates out is filtered off and recrystallized from n-hexane/ethyl acetate (4/1). There is obtained 3.1 g of 2-[4-(6-chloro-2-pyridinyloxy)-phenoxymethyl]-5-bromothiophene of m.p.: 78°-80° C.

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