4-Fluorophenol → 1-[(But-3-yn-1-yl)oxy]-4-fluorobenzene

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To a solution of 4-fluorophenol (5.00 g, 44.6 mmol), 3-butyn-1-ol (3.38 ml, 44.6 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (17.5 g, 66.9 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (100 ml) was added diethyl azodicarboxylate (11.7 g, 66.9 mmol) with stirring under ice-cooling, and then the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. After stirring, the reaction mixture was evaporated in vacuo, and to the residue were added hexane (200 ml) and ethyl acetate (20 ml). The precipitate separated out was filtered off, and the filtrate was evaporated in vacuo. The residue obtained was purified by flash chromatography on a silica gel column using hexane as the eluent to afford the title compound.

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