Diisopropylamine → 2-Fluoro-2-methyl-1-tetralone

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0.16 milliliter diisopropylamine in 10 milliliters tetrahydrofuran were allowed to stand with 1.15 equivalents butyllithium at -25° C. The resulting solution of lithium diisopropylamine was cooled to -78° C. and 1 equivalent 2-methyl-1-tetralone in 5 milliliters tetrahydrofuran solution was dropped in. The mixture was allowed to stand at -70° C. for 100 minutes. 1.5 equivalents N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide prepared according to Example 1 above in 11 milliliters tetrahydrofuran were mixed rapidly with the mixture at -95° C. The mixture was quenched with 30 milliliters ammonium chloride solution and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic phase was dried with magnesium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated. 2-methyl-2-fluoro-tetralone was obtained in 50% yield.

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