Sodium Carbonate → 2-(5-Chloro-2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-methyl-6-(3-methyl-butoxymethyl)-phenol

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2-(5-Chloro-2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-6-chloromethyl-4-methyl-phenol (5.0 g, 16 mmol) is suspended in a mixture of isoamyl alcohol (20.0 g, 227 mmol) and acetone (5 g) and stirred at 80° C. for 15 minutes. Sodium carbonate (2.1 g, 20 mmol) is added. The slightly yellow reaction mixture is stirred at 80° C. for 2 hours and evaporated to dryness. The residue is dissolved in ethyl acetate and extracted with aqueous citric acid (5%) and brine. The organic layer is dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and evaporated to dryness. The crude product is purified by column chromatography (ethyl acetate/heptane 1:12) to yield 4.7 g of 2-(5-Chloro-2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-methyl-6-(3-methyl-butoxymethyl)-phenol.

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