Sulfuric Acid → 4-Fluorochalcone

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A mixture of acetophenone (7.02 gm, 58.4 mmol), p-fluorobenzaldehyde (7.24 gm, 58.4 mmol) and concentrated H2SO4 (10 ml) in glacial HOAc (116 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 2 days. The solution was poured into H2O (250 ml) and neutralized with 10% NaOH (200 ml). The aqueous layer was extracted once with Et2O and the Et2O layer was washed successively with H2O, saturated NaHCO3 (2×) and brine, then dried (MgSO4). Filtration and removal of the solvent afforded a yellow solid which was recrystallized from hot hexane to give (E)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-phenyl-2-propen-1-one (7.94 gm, 60%) as light yellow needles.

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