tert-Butanol → HCID 11746277, compound

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Concentrated sulfuric acid (30 mL) was added to 4-fluorophenol (50 g, 446 mmol) and tert-butanol (60 g, 810 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hr. The reaction mixture was partitioned between hexane and water, and the hexane layer was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane) to give the title compound (6.8 g, 7%) as a colorless oil.

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