Isopropanol → 4-Fluoro-1-nitro-2-(propan-2-yloxy)benzene

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5-Fluoro-2-nitrophenol (48 g) was dissolved in dry tetrahydrofuran (THF) (300 mL). Triphenylphosphine (88 g) and 2-propanol (47 mL) were added, and the resulting mixture was cooled to 0° C. Diisopropylazodicarboxylate (66 mL) was added dropwise. The resulting mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred over night. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo and the resulting mixture was filtered through silica (heptane/ethyl acetate 1:1). The solvent was evaporated in vacuo and the resulting mixture was recrystallised from heptane/ethyl acetate (1:1). The organic phase was separated from the crystalline solid by filtration, the solvent was evaporated in vacuo, and the remaining product was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, heptane/ethyl acetate 9:1), yielding the title compound as colourless oil (47.2 g, 78%).

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