Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(4-Fluorophenoxy)ethanol

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LiAlH4 (378 mg, 10.0 mmol) was added at −15° C. to a solution of tert-butyl 2-(4-fluorophenoxy)acetate (2.03 g, 9.00 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (10 ml) and stirred at room temperature for 20 minutes. Aqueous 15% NaOH solution (2 ml), Na2SO4 (2.84 g) and H2O (6 ml) were added to the reaction mixture and stirred for 1 hour. The resulting precipitation was filtered off and washed with tetrahydrofuran (30 ml×3). The filtrate was dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give 2-(4-fluorophenoxy)ethanol (1.12 g, 80%) as yellow oil: LC-MS: 157 [M+1]+.

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