Sodium Acetate → (2-Bromo-4,6-dichlorophenyl)methanol

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Heat a mixture of 22 g of 2-bromo-4,6-dichlorobenzyl bromide, 30 g anhydrous sodium acetate and 80 mL of glacial acetic acid for 18 hr at 100° C. Evaporate the mixture to a dry residue. Treat the residue with 200 mL of ethanol and 200 mL of 2N NaOH. Stir the mixture at reflux for 3 hr. Cool the mixture and concentrate the cooled mixture to 50 mL. Extract the cooled concentrate with Et2O. Dry the extract over anhydrous K2CO3 and evaporate it to a dry residue. Recrystallize the residue from toluene-hexane to give 10 g of 2-bromo-4,6-dichlorobenzyl alcohol, mp 111°-112° C.

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