Potassium Iodide → 1-(3-Chloro-2-fluoro-6-nitrophenoxy)-2-propanone

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A mixture of 3 g (15.7 mmols) of 3-chloro-2-fluoro-6-nitrophenol, 3 ml of chloroacetone and 300 mg of potassium iodide in 50 ml of acetone was refluxed for 6 hours while vigorously stirring. After cooling, any insoluble substance was removed by filtration, and the filtrate was concentrated and purified by silica gel (20 g) column chromatography using chloroform as an eluant to provide 2.5 g (54.5% yield) of 2-acetonyloxy-4-chloro-3-fluoronitrobenzene as an oil.

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