Potassium Carbonate → Butanoic acid, 4-(4-bromo-3-fluorophenoxy)-, ethyl ester

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Into a 2000-mL 4-necked round-bottom flask purged and maintained with an inert atmosphere of argon was placed 4-bromo-3-fluorophenol (50 g, 261.78 mmol, 1.00 equiv), acetone (500 mL), NaI (2.8 g, 0.07 equiv), potassium carbonate (54.2 g, 392.16 mmol, 1.50 equiv), and ethyl 4-bromobutanoate (61.3 g, 314.27 mmol, 1.20 equiv). The resulting solution was stirred at 56° C. overnight. The solids were filtered out and the filtrate was concentrated under vacuum. The residue was dissolved in 1000 mL of EA and the resulting mixture was washed with 2×100 mL of sodium hydroxide (1 N) and 3×100 mL, of water. The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum to afford 80.6 g (crude) of ethyl 4-(4-bromo-3-fluorophenoxy)butanoate as a light yellow oil.

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