Potassium Carbonate → Ethyl 4-(4-(adamantan-1-yl)phenoxy)butanoate

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To a solution of 4-(adamantan-1-yl)phenol (2.0 g, 8.76 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide was added potassium carbonate (3.63 g, 26.29 mmol) and ethyl 4-bromobutanoate (1.29 g, 10.51 mmol), and stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure to afford a crude solid, which was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give ethyl 4-(4-(adamantan-1-yl)phenoxy)butanoate as a white solid (2.7 g, 90% yield).

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