p-nitrophenol sodium salt → 1-Methyl-4-[2-(4-nitrophenoxy)ethyl]benzene

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Reaction Steps

2-(4-Methylphenyl)ethyl bromide (X: X=Br) (10 g, 0.05 mole) and sodium 4-nitrophenolate (XI) (8.1 g, 0.05 mole) were added to dimethylformamide (60 ml), and the mixture was reacted at 90° C. for 5 hours. Thereafter, the reaction mixture was treated in the same manner as in Example 12 to obtain 9.5 g of 4-[2-(4-methylphenyl)ethoxy]nitrobenzene (VI) as white crystals (yield, 73.9%).

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