Anisole → (3-Fluorophenyl)(4-methoxyphenyl)methanone

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To commercially available nitromethane (5 ml) were added commercially available anisole (541 mg), commercially available 3-fluorobenzoyl chloride (793 mg) and commercially available scandium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate (49 mg), and the admixture was stirred at 60° C. for 3 days. The reaction mixture was partitioned between water and chloroform, and the chloroform layer was then dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After removing the solvent by reduced-pressure distillation, the resulting residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel eluting with hexane/acetone to obtain 585 mg of the title compound (yield: 51%).

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