Potassium Carbonate → HCID 69288916, compound

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A mixture of 5.0 g (30.5 mmol) p-cumaric acid, 8.4 g (61 mmol) potassium carbonate and 11.5 g (61 mmol) 3-fluorobenzylbromide in 500 ml ethyl methyl ketone is hold over night at 80° C. The reaction mixture is cooled, diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. Chromatography (silica gel, n-hexane/ethyl acetate 4:1) gives 6.48 g (56%) of a colorless solid. MS: m/e=380.2 (M+).

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