Chloroacetone → 1-(2-Chloro-4-fluorophenoxy)-2-propanone

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A mixture of 2-chloro-4-fluorophenol (3.00 g, 20.4 mmol), chloroacetone (2.12 mL, 26.6 mmol), potassium carbonate (4.24 g, 30.7 mmol) and potassium iodide (0.20 g, catalytic) in acetone (30 mL) was heated at reflux for 4 h, cooled and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to provide the title compound as a yellow solid (4.05 g).

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