Sulfuric Acid → 3-(2',4'-Difluoro-4-biphenylyl)butane-1,3-diol

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Reaction Steps

0.44 g. of 1 -hydroxy-3-butanone in 40 ml. of ether is added dropwise, at 20° to stirred Grignard solution obtained from 2.69 g. of 4-bromo-2',4'-difluorobiphenyl and 0.24 g. of magnesium in 100 ml. of ether. The mixture is stirred for two hours more and the resulting alcoholate is decomposed with dilute sulfuric acid. The ether phase is worked up in the customary manner to give 3-(2',4'-difluoro-4-biphenylyl)butane-1,3-diol, m.p. 82°-84°.

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