Sodium Carbonate → HCID 66808438, compound

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Reaction Steps

A solution of 4-chloro-3-nitro-phenol (2.0 g, 11.5 mmol), 1-bromoethyl-benzene (3.2 g, 17.3 mmol), sodium carbonate (1.80 g, 17.0 mmol) in acetone (20 ml) was heated at reflux for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled, the solids filtered off and the filtrate concentrated to a thick syrup under vacuum. The residue was dissolved in ether (80 ml) and washed with water (20 ml) and 30% KOH solution (2×20 ml) and the solvent is concentrated under vacuum leaving an oily residue as the title compound (3.01 g, 94%).

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