Diethyl Ether → HCID 58707290, compound

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To a solution of 1-(5-Fluoro-2-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)ethanol (1.3 g 7.13 mmol) in acetone (15 mL) at room temperature was added pyridinium chlorochromate (3.8 g, 17.64 mmol). The reaction was stirred for 3 hours, diethyl ether was added (30 mL). The resultant sludge was filtered through celite. The organic phase was dried over Na2SO4, filtered over silica gel, and concentrated to the crude compound which was purified by silica gel column (20% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to afford 1-(5-fluoro-2-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)ethanone (1.2 g, 98%): 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.18 (dd, 1H), 7.05 (dd, 1H), 3.63 (s, 3H), 2.61 (s, 3H), 2.39 (s, 3H).

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