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Synthesis of Alkyl-Aryl Ethers by Copper-Catalyzed Etherization Reactions of Aryl Fluorides with Tetraalkylammonium Bromides and H2O. — Activated aryl fluorides undergo copper-catalyzed etherification with H2O/tetrabutylammonium bro-mide in the presence of POPh3 and Cs2CO3. Additional alkoxy substitution may also be observed as in the formation of (V). — (WANG, F.; TANG, B.; XIE*, Y.; LI, J.; Chin. J. Chem. 28 (2010) 11, 2318-2322 ; Key Lab. Chem. Biol., Hunan Norm. Univ., Changsha, Hunan 410081, Peop. Rep. China; Eng.) — M. Bohle

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