Water → 2-Methyl-4-(4'-fluorophenyl)furan

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To a solution of 0.46 g (1.5 mmol) of mercuric sulfate in 28 mL of 2N H2SO4 at 0° C. was added 4.0 g (22 mmol) of 4,5-epoxy-4-(4'-fluorophenyl)-1-pentyne in 20 mL of ethanol over a 0.5 hour period. The mixture was warmed to 23° C. for 0.25 hour and refluxed for 0.25 hour. After cooling, the mixture was poured into 50 mL of H2O and extracted three times with hexanes. The organic layer was dried (MgSO4), concentrated under reduced pressure, and the solid sublimated (97°-105° C. at 15 mmHg) to yield 2.2 g (55%) of 2-methyl-4-(4'-fluorophenyl)furan as a solid (m.p. 95°-97° C.), homogeneous by spectroscopic criteria; IR (KBr) 1548, 1495, 1240 cm-1 ; 1HNMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.55 (s, 1H), 7.43 (m, 2H), 7.07 (t, 2H, J=9 Hz), 6.27 (s, 1H), 2.33 (s, 3H).

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