Sodium Hydroxide → 3-Fluorophenol

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Reaction Steps

Sodium hydroxide (0.109 g) was dissolved in 2 ml of methanol in a 10-ml Kjeldahl flask fitted with a reflux condenser, after which 0.234 g of m-fluorophenyl o-fluorobenzoate was added, and the mixture was heated under reflux for 60 minutes. After cooling, the experiment was operated as in Referential Example 4 to confirm that the reaction mixture contained 140 mg (yield 100%) of o-fluorobenzoic acid and 112 mg (yield 100%) of m-fluorophenol.

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