Benzyl Bromide → 2-Chloro-5-(phenylmethoxy)benzenamine

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4-Chloro-3-nitrophenol (0.13 g) was dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (3 mL). To the solution were added potassium carbonate (0.31 g) and benzyl bromide (0.14 mL), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with diethyl ether, and the resulting mixture was washed with water and brine successively, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the residue was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (3 mL). To the solution were added methanol (3 mL), nickel(II) bromide (8 mg) and sodium borohydride (85 mg) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes. Then the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, and the resulting mixture was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, water and brine successively, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give the title compound (0.15 g).

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