Generation of ortho-potassiofluorobenzene and its functionalization

M Fossatelli, HD Verkruijsse…

Index: Fossatelli, M.; Verkruijsse, H.D.; Brandsma, L. Synthetic Communications, 1990 , vol. 20, # 11 p. 1701 - 1704

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Abstract

Abstract A number of ortho-substituted fluorobenzenes are readily accessible by treating fluorobenzene at-100° C with a 1: 1 molar mixture of potassium tert-butoxide and n- butyllithium in tetrahydrofuran and hexane, and subsequently adding an electrophilic reagent.