Help with reaction

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Help with  reaction

spitfire77 · Answer

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spitfire77 · Answer

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spitfire77 · Answer

What is a reaction to get this?

rvc · Answer

Phenol + aryl halide

spitfire77 · Answer

Im confused on how after the br and oh react to create the ether it goes to a keytone

rvc · Answer

just wait a sec let me check 
i dont remember exactly

spitfire77 · Answer

np, and thank you

spitfire77 · Answer

ketone*

rvc · Answer

i think its electrophilic reaction

rvc · Answer

what are the reagents?

rvc · Answer

@chmvijay please help :)
@Somy

spitfire77 · Answer

any can be used, but i must start with those two^

spitfire77 · Answer

Is there a common reagent for changing ethers to ketones?

rvc · Answer

well i forget the stuff XD

spitfire77 · Answer

I appreciate the help though!

spitfire77 · Answer

Thank if you are coming from reddit/r/chemhelp

rvc · Answer

atm im busy with my tutorial stuff 
im sorry

spitfire77 · Answer

think i may have found it, can someone check?

spitfire77 · Answer

maybe it is supposed to start as the Br-R(1) and you could add the phenol, or change it somehow to an benzaldehyde with DMP then add Mg... making a grignard addition and then finally adding dmp again to change the OH to a =O

spitfire77 · Answer

Br-R(1) is the R group it starts with

aaronq · Answer

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aaronq · Answer

then grignard

jimdemers · Answer

I'm pretty sure the first starting material is supposed to be benzyl alcohol, PhCH2OH, and not phenol (Ph-OH).  If I'm right about that, you need to (1) oxidize it to benzaldehyde (PHCHO), add a Grignard reagent made from the 3-bromothiophene, and then oxidize the resulting alcohol to the ketone.