Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → (4-Fluoro-3,5-diisopropoxyphenyl)methanol

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TBAF (1M in THF) (1.35 mL, 1.35 mmol) was added to a solution of tert-butyl(4-fluoro-3,5-diisopropoxybenzyloxy)dimethylsilane (6) (600 mg, 1.35 mmol) in THF at 0° C. and the mixture was stirred at this temperature for 1 h. The mixture was partitioned between NH4Cl (satd. aq.) (50 mL) and EtOAc (100 mL). The phases were separated and the organic solution was washed with brine (50 mL), then dried over MgSO4 and filtered. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (40 g, 0-50% EtOAc in isohexane) to afford (4-fluoro-3,5-diisopropoxyphenyl)methanol (7) (382 mg, 100%) as a colourless oil.

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