Benzaldehyde, 4-(phenylmethoxy)- → HCID 67405487, compound

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To a solution of ((5-fluoro-2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-7-yl)methyl)triphenyl phosphonium chloride (648) (500 mg, 1.09 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran at room temperature (10 mL) was added n-butyllithium (0.67 mL, 1.31 mmol, 2 M in hexane). After stirring for 10 min 4-(benzyloxy)benzaldehyde (231 mg, 1.09 mmol) was added and stirred for an additional 3 hours. The reaction was quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude compound was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel with hexanes and EtOAc (20%) to give 7-(4-(benzyloxy)styryl)-5-fluoro-2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran as a cis/trans mixture (649).

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