N-[3-fluoro-2-(hydroxyl-o-tolyl-methyl)-phenyl]-acetamide → N-[3-fluoro-2-(2-methyl-benzoyl)-phenyl]-acetamide

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205 mg (0.75 mmol) N-[3-fluoro-2-(hydroxyl-o-tolyl-methyl)-phenyl]-acetamide are dissolved in 9 ml chloroform, combined with 652 mg (7.5 mmol) manganese(IV)-oxide and stirred for 3 d at ambient temperature. Then excess manganese(IV)-oxide is filtered off through Celite and the solvent is eliminated in vacuo. The crude product is purified by column chromatography. The carrier material used is silica gel and the eluant used is a mixture of cyclohexane:ethyl acetate (80:20).

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