2-Fluoroanisole → 1-(3-Fluoro-4-methoxy-phenyl)-5-methyl-hexan-1-one

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Reaction Steps

14 ml of nitrobenzene are cooled in an ice-bath and then mixed in succession with 3.8 g of AlCl3 and 3.7 g of 5-methyl-hexanoyl chloride in 5 ml of nitrobenzene. The mixture is stirred and then treated with 2.7 ml of 2-fluoro-anisole. The solution is stirred overnight, then poured into ice-water and extracted with methylene chloride. The extracts are washed with water and 10% aqueous NaCl solution, and thereafter dried and concentrated and recrystallized using pentane. 5.31 g of 1-(3-fluoro-4-methoxy-phenyl)-5-methyl-hexan-1-one, MS: m/e 238 (M+), are obtained.

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