3,4-Dimethylphenol → HCID 67774087, compound

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3-Chlorophenylacetic acid (20.90 g, 122.51 mmol) and NBS (23.50 g, 132.03 mmol) were dissolved in carbon tetrachloride (300 mL), then BPO (300 mg) was added, the resulting reaction was heated to reflux under a sunlamp for 5 hours, then cooled to room temperature, filtered and concentrated to give the desired α-bromo-3-chlorophenylacetic acid. 1.40 g of this α-bromo-3-chlorophenylacetic acid was reacted with 3,4-dimethylphenol (686 mg) according to the General procedure C to give 1.47 g of the desired title compound. Spectroscopic data: 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 2.17 (s, 3 H) 2.21 (s, 3 H) 5.58 (s, 1 H) 6.65 (dd, J=8.20, 2.64 Hz, 1 H) 6.78 (d, J=2.64 Hz, 1 H) 7.01 (d, J=8.20 Hz, 1 H) 7.29-7.40 (m, 2 H) 7.42-7.52 (m, 1 H) 7.59 (s, 1 H).

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