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HRID 1350821Generated: October 30, 2026

3-Fluorophenol → 4-Tert-butyl-3-fluorophenol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant3-FluorophenolHCID 9743—
Reactanttert-Butyl methyl etherHCID 15413—
CatalystZirconium chloride (ZrCl4), (T-4)-HCID 9856075—
SolventDichloromethaneHCID 6344—
Product4-Tert-butyl-3-fluorophenolHCID 2058342455%

Reaction Steps

To a suspension of zirconium tetrachloride (1.2 g, 5 mmol) in methylene dichloride (15 ml), methyl tert-butyl ether (0.44 g, 5 mmol), 3-fluorophenol (0.56 g, 5 mmol) were treated in the same procedure described in Example 3(a) to furnish 458 mg (55% yield) of the title compound as a white solid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07214824B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2007_05
ORD IDord-ff8dd3fefc0141a19c0e37b27d4aa1e1
Source noteuspto-grants-2007_05