Abstract
The oxymeithylenation of p-chloro- [1a], pentachloro- [ 1b] and 2, 4, 6-tribromophenols [1], ethyl P-hydroxybenzoate [1d], 4-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzaldehyde [1e], 1-[1f] and 2-naphthols [1g] and catechol[1h] were studied in a noncatalytic heterogeneous reaction. ystem. Thus bis(aryloxymethyl) ethers [2a∼h]which were difficult to prepare by conventional methods, were obtained in good yields when [1a ∼h] and a solution of sodium (or potassium) hydroxide were added from separate inlets regulating 4 to lower the, concentrations of [1a ∼h] into a DMSO solution of bis(chloromethyl) ether.
