4-Fluorophenol → 4-Fluorophenyl 2-chlorobenzoate

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To a stirred solution of 25 g of 4fluorophenol in 40 cc of pyridine and 30 cc of toluene was added dropwise 40.9 g of 2-chlorobenzoylchloride at room temperature. And the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. Ice water was added to the reaction mixture and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethylacetate layer was washed 4 times with 1N HCl, dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off and the crude product thus obtained was recrystallized from hexane to obtain 49.1 g of compound A. Yield: 87.8%.

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