Cesium carbonate → 2-(3-BroMo-phenoxy)-ethanol

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A mixture of 3-bromo-phenol (10 g, 56.64 mmol), 2-bromoethanol (4.65 mL) and cesium carbonate (18.64 g, 1 eq.) in DMF (25 mL) was stirred at rt for overnight. The mixture was then heated in a 70° C. oil bath for about 3 hours. More 2-bromoethanol (3 mL) was added and heating was increased to 80° C. and stirred for overnight. The reaction was allowed to cool to rt and the insolubles were filtered off. The filtrate was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×200 mL), washed with 10% Na2CO3 (3×), brine (2×), dried and concentrated. The residue was purified on a silica gel column to give 2-(3-bromo-phenoxy)-ethanol.

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