Water → (3-Fluorophenyl)(4-hydroxyphenyl)methanone

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(3-fluorophenyl)(4-methoxyphenyl)methanone (1.0 g, 4.34 mmol) in 50 mL DCM at −78° C. while stirring was treated with 1M boron tribromide (13.03 mL, 13.03 mmol) dropwise over 20 minutes. The mixture was allowed to warm to 25° C. and stir for 18 hours. The mixture was treated with water (1 mL) and stirred for 5 minutes, followed by additional water (2 mL) and stirred for 10 minutes, and finally treated with more water (50 mL) and stirred for 20 minutes. The mixture was then extracted with DCM (50 mL ×2). The organic layers were combined, dried, filtered, and the filtrate evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash chromatography to provide the title compound (0.69 g, 74% yield). 1HNMR (300 MHz, CD3OD) δ 6.92 (d, 2H, J=8.9 Hz), 7.26 (m, 1H), 7.41-7.58 (m, 3H), 7.79 (d, 2H, J=8.9 Hz); MS (DCI) m/z 217 (M+H)+, 234 (M+NH4)+.

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