Phenol → 3,4-Dihydro-7-methoxy-2-phenoxy-1(2H)-naphthalenone

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A mixture of 2.95 g (31.4 mmol) of phenol, 25.5 g (78.2 mmol) of cesium carbonate and 320 mg (1.23 mmol) of cesium iodide in 64 ml of acetone was heated at reflux for 40 minutes and then cooled to 0° C. To this 0° C. mixture was added 8.00 g (31.4 mmol) of 2-bromo-3,4-dihydro-7-methoxy-1(2H)-naphthalenone. The resultant reaction mixture was stirred 3 hours at 0° C. and 15 hours at 25° C., then filtrated. The filtrate was evaporated to an oil which was purified via column chromatography on 400 g of silica gel, eluting with 25% ether-hexane, to give 5.14 g (61%) of present title product as an oil, crystallized from ether-hexane, m.p. 94.5-96.5° C.

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