Potassium Hydroxide → 3-[2,6-Dichloro-4-(3,3-dichloroallyloxy)-phenoxy]-propan-1-ol

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A reaction vessel was charged with 11.6 g of 3,5-dichloro-4-(3-benzoyloxypropyloxy)-1-(3,3-dichloro-2-propenyloxy)benzene, 15.2 g of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 30 ml of methanol. After stirring at room temperature for 24 hours, the reaction mixture was concentrated. Water was poured into the concentrate, and the mixture was extracted twice with 150 ml of diethyl ether. The ether layers were combined, washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and then concentrated to give a crude product. The crude product was subjected to silica gel chromatography, which afforded 7.41 g of 3-(2,6-dichloro-4-(3,3-dichloro-2-propenyloxy)phenoxy)-1-propanol (83% yield), m.p., 56.6° C.

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