Hexane → HCID 46205463, compound

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A 2.6 M n-butylithium hexane solution (5.8 mL) was added to a mixture of 4-bromophenetole (2.87 g, 0.0143 mol) and tetrahydrofuran (30 mL) at −78° C. After the mixture was stirred for 0.5 hours, a tetrahydrofuran (15 mL) solution of 3-bromobenzaldehyde (2.65 g, 0.0143 mol) was added, and further stirred for 15 minutes to warm the reaction mixture to room temperature. After the reaction mixture was added with a saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution and extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic layer was washed with brine and dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the desiccant was filtered off, the residue obtained by evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=7:1 to 5:1) to obtain colorless oily (3-bromophenyl)(4-ethoxyphenyl)methanol (3.94 g, 90%).

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