Potassium Iodide → [2-(2-propynyloxy)phenyl]methanol

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To 2-(hydroxymethyl)phenol (10.0 g, 80.6 mmol) slurried in 300 ml of methyl ethyl ketone was added 1.2 equivalents of potassium carbonate. Then 3-bromopropyne (121 mmol, 18 g of an 80% solution in toluene) and potassium iodide (0.5 g) were added and the reaction was refluxed overnight. After cooling the salts were filtered off. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue was dissolved in water and extracted twice with ether. After washing with water and brine, the organic layer was dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to afford the subtitle compound.

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