Phenol → 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-3-phenoxyquinoxalin-2-one

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A mixture of sodium hydride (0.65 g), "15-crown-5" (1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclopentadecane) (0.5 ml), phenol (2.2 g), and dry toluene was stirred for 30 minutes. To this was added a suspension of 3-chloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,2-dihydroquinoxalin-2-one (6.0 g) in dry toluene (30 ml) and stirring was continued for 2 hours. Water was added and the product was extracted into chloroform. Evaporation of the solvent and crystallisation from ethanol gave the title compound (4.5 g) mp 239°-241° C.

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