Potassium Carbonate → (4-Chloro-2-propoxyphenyl)methanol

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Reaction Steps

Charge 5-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)phenol (997 mg, 6.29 mmol, PREPARATION 7), iodopropane (1.17 g, 6.92 mmol), K2CO3 (1.74 g, 12.58 mmol) and DMF (6 mL) to a sealed tube. The reaction mixture was heated to 100° C. overnight. It was then poured into ice-water and extracted with ethyl acetate twice, washed the organic phase with water twice, brine and dried with Na2SO4, concentrated and purified by silica gel chromatograph to give the title compound (729 mg, 58%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 1.05 (3H, t, J=7.2 Hz), 1.79-1.88 (2H, m), 3.96 (2H, t, J=6.4 Hz), 4.64 (2H, s), 6.85 (1H, d, J=1.2 Hz), 6.91 (1H, dd, J=1.6 Hz, 8.4 Hz), 7.20 (1H, d, J=8.0 Hz).

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