3-Chlorophenol → 2-(3-Chlorophenoxy)acetamide

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A mixture of 3-chlorophenol (2.57 g, 20.0 mmol), 2-bromoacetamide (2.76 g, 20.0 mmol) and K2CO3 (5.53 g, 40.0 mmol) in acetone (40 mL) was stirred at 70° C. overnight. The mixture was then cooled to rt and filtered and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (PE/EtOAc (V/V)=1:1) to give the title compound as a white solid (3.22 g, 87%).

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