Water → 1-Methoxymethoxy-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzene

Participants

Reaction Steps

2-trifluoromethylphenol (50.00 g) was dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (100 mL), and potassium carbonate (85.14 g) and chloromethyl methyl ether (34.7 mL) were added to the solution, and then the mixture was stirred under water cooling for 1 hour. Water was added to the reaction solution, and then the mixture was extracted with n-hexane. The organic layer was washed with water and saturated brine, and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound (64.13 g) as a colorless oily substance.

Provenance & Evidence