Epichlorohydrin → HCID 13792150, compound

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Epichlorohydrin (38 g) was added to a stirred solution of 5'-fluoro-2'-hydroxyacetophenone (20.9 g) in ethanol (20 ml). A solution of potassium hydroxide (9.5 g) in a mixture of ethanol (30 ml) and water (5 ml) was then added and stirring continued for one hour. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue poured into water then extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were washed with brine and dried over magnesium sulphate. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue purified by chromatography on silica, eluting with a 9:1 mixture, then a 3:2 mixture, of petroleum ether (b.p. 40-60° C.) and ethyl acetate. Appropriate fractions were combined and the solvent removed in vacuo to give 2'-(2,3-epoxypropoxy)-5'-fluoroacetophenone (4.68 g) as an oil.

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