Allyl bromide → 2'-Allyloxyacetophenone

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A 25 g quantity of 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone and 76 g of potassium carbonate were suspended in 500 ml of acetonitrile, and 31 ml of allyl bromide was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 48 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered to remove insolubles, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1) to give 34 g of pale yellow oily 1-(2-allyloxyphenyl)ethanone.

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