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HRID 861901Generated: October 27, 2026

2-Fluorobenzophenone → (2-Fluorophenyl)(phenyl)methanol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant2-FluorobenzophenoneHCID 67650—
ReactantSodium borohydrideHCID 4311764—
SolventEthanolHCID 702—
Product(2-Fluorophenyl)(phenyl)methanolHCID 1058425299%

Reaction Steps

2-Fluorobenzophenone (15.0 g) is dissolved in ethanol and sodium borohydride (3.8 g) is added in portions and the mixture is stirred for 20 hours. The reacted solution is concentrated under reduced pressure and extracted with chloroform and water to give crude (2-fluorophenyl)phenylmethanol (15.0 g) (quantitative) as colorless liquid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05716950
Source datasetuspto-grants-1998_02
ORD IDord-c9141cfb5aeb445e97fcde16004fb780
Source noteuspto-grants-1998_02