Pyridine → 1-Acetoxy-3-fluorobenzene

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Reaction Steps

A solution of 3-fluorophenol (100 g, 0.890 mol) in methylene chloride is cooled to 0° C. to 5° C., treated with pyridine (75.0 mL, 0.930 mol), stirred for several minutes, treated dropwise with acetyl chloride (66.0 mL, 0.930 mol) while maintaining the reaction mixture temperature below 17° C., stirred at ice-bath temperature for two hours, warmed to room temperature, and poured into an ice-water mixture. The organic phase is separated, washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo to obtain the title product as a yellow oil which is identified by 1H NMR spectral analysis.

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