Carbon tetrabromide → [4-(3-Bromo-propyl)-phenoxy]-acetic acid methyl ester

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To a solution of [4-(3-Hydroxy-propyl)-phenoxy]-acetic acid methyl ester (2.45 g, 10.9 mmol) in DCM (60 mL) is added polymer-supported triphenylphosphine (7.26 g, 21.8 mmol) and carbon tetrabromide (3.47 g, 11.99 mmol) and the resulting reaction mixture is stirred at RT for 15 h. The reaction mixture is filtered to remove the polymer-supported reagent, and then concentrated in vacuo. The residue is purified by chromatography (SiO2, EtOAc:iso-hexane, 1:5) to yield the title compound. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.14 (2H, d), 6.86 (2H, d), 4.69 (2H, s), 3.83 (3H, s), 3.40 (2H, t), 2.74 (2H, t), 2.15 (2H, m).

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