4-bromo-2-propan-2-yloxyphenol

Conditions: temp:80.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To 21.9 g (94.9 mmol) of 4-bromo-2-isopropoxyphenol obtained in Reference Example 6-(a) were added 2.01 g (9.56 mmol) of tetraethylammonium bromide, 150 ml of 1,4-dioxane, 11.2 g (275 mmol) of sodium hydroxide and 10 ml of water, and the mixture was stirred at 80° C. Then, the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour while blowing 40.4 g of chlorodifluoromethane therein. After completion of the reaction, water was added to the reaction mixture, a pH of the mixture was adjusted to 7 with conc. hydrochloric acid, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer after separation was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was applied to silica gel column chromatography (Eluent; hexane:ethyl acetate=100:1→25:1 (V/V)), and the obtained crude oil containing the desired compound was applied to distillation under reduced pressure (105 to 110° C./7 Pa) to obtain 8.27 g of the title compound as a colorless oil. (Yield: 31%) Then, the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour was added to the reaction mixture extracted with ethyl acetate The organic layer after separation was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate concentrated under reduced pressure the obtained crude oil

Conditions: temp:-10.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To 200 ml of dichloromethane solution containing 27.2 g (0.179 mol) of 2-isopropoxyphenol was added dropwise 50 ml of dichloromethane solution containing 28.4 g (0.177 mol) of bromine at −70° C. or lower. After completion of the dropwise addition, the mixture was stirred at the same temperature 1 hour, and gradually raised to −10° C. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was poured into ice-water, the mixture was neutralized with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate, and then extracted with chloroform. The organic layer after separation was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was applied to silica gel column chromatography (Eluent; hexane:ethyl acetate=9:1 (V/V)), and the fractions containing the desired compound were concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 38.8 g of the title compound as a colorless oil. (Yield: 94%) After completion of the dropwise addition After completion of the reaction extracted with chloroform The organic layer after separation was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate concentrated under reduced pressure the fractions containing the desired compound were concentrated under reduced pressure