4-Methylbenzyl chloride → Pentabromophenyl-(4-methylbenzyl) ether

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600 ml. of methyl glycol, 97.75 g (0.2 mole) of pentabromophenol, 8 g (0.2 mole) of sodium hydroxide in 8 ml of water, and 28.12 g (0.2 mole) of 1-chloromethyl-4-methyl-benzene were reacted in the manner previously described. At 65° C. the reaction perceptibly commenced. The ether crystallized in long needles during the refluxing of the mixture. Yield: 96 g (81%), M.P. 194° C. 10 g recrystallized from 300 ml of methoxyethyl chloride had a melting point of 200°-202° C.

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