Acetic Acid → 4-Ethoxy-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenol

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Acetic acid (21.3 g) was added to a mixture of THF (200 mL) and Compound (d) (8.28 g) at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere. After adding 30% hydrogen peroxide water (40.1 g) dropwise, the resulting reaction mixture was carefully heated and stirred at 50° C. for 4 hours. Saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen sulfite (200 mL) was then slowly added dropwise at 0° C., and the reaction mixture was extracted three times with ether. The organic layers were combined, washed with aqueous saturated sodium hydrogen sulfite, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain 6.67 g of Compound (e).

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