Ammonium Chloride → 3-Fluoro-6-methoxy-2-vinylphenol

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To a suspension of 50 g of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide in 300 ml of toluene there was added 45 ml of n-butyllithium (2.55 M, hexane solution) while cooling on ice under a nitrogen atmosphere. After stirring at room temperature for 2 hours, the reaction mixture was allowed to stand. A 150 ml portion of the supernatant was added dropwise to a solution of 5.00 g of 6-fluoro-2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde [CAS No. 457628-15-8] in 90 ml of toluene while cooling on ice. After stirring the mixture at room temperature for 1 hour, saturated aqueous ammonium chloride was added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The desiccating agent was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate-heptane) to give 3-fluoro-6-methoxy-2-vinylphenol (4.33 g) as a solid.

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