I have been told the Williamson synthesis would not work to form the ether I need because diphenyl ether is an aryl halogen. Beyond that my understanding of why it will not work its very limited. I know you can form an ether from a benzene ring, but I do not understand how to form an ether with two phenyl/aryl groups as the R groups. Does anyone know the reaction mechanism that I would use to form the ether on Ibrutinib?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnZQiHgnuok
I tried using this as a template for the reaction, but I'm honestly not sure if I'm on the right path here