Phenol → HCID 25248372, compound

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Sodium hydride (1.51 g, 62.92 mmol, 2.00 equiv) was added in small portions to a solution of phenol (3.25 g, 34.53 mmol, 1.10 equiv) in N,N-dimethylformamide (50 mL) maintained under nitrogen at 0-5° C. After stirring for 30 min at 0-5° C., 1,2-difluoro-4-nitrobenzene (5 g, 31.43 mmol, 1.00 equiv) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature and then diluted with 200 mL of water. The resulting solution was extracted with 3×100 mL of ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers was washed with 3×150 mL of brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified on a silica gel column eluted with 0-2% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether to afford 3.2 g (44%) of 2-fluoro-4-nitro-1-phenoxybenzene as a yellow solid. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.10-8.07 (m, 1H), 7.99-7.94 (m, 1H), 7.46-7.41 (m, 2H), 7.30-7.26 (m, 1H), 7.12-7.04 (m, 2H), 7.02-6.93 (m, 1H) ppm.

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