Mesitylene → 2-Allyl-6-bromo-4-fluorophenol

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Treatment of 1-(allyloxy)-2-bromo-4-fluorobenzene (23.90 g, 0.103 mol) in refluxing mesitylene (50 mL) generally according to the procedure described for Intermediate 8 provided 23.44 g (99%) 2-allyl-6-bromo-4-fluorophenol as a brown oil. Rf=0.64 (silica, ethyl acetate:hexanes 1:19); Anal. calcd. for C9H8BrFO: C, 46.78; H, 3.49. Found: C, 49.19; H, 3.59.

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