4-Fluoro-2-hydroxyacetophenone, 98%

Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.

Application

4′-Fluoro-2′-hydroxyacetophenone may be used in the preparation of series of 4′-fluoro-2′-hydroxychalcones, via aldol condensation with substituted aldehydes followed by cyclization with hydrazine hydrate.

Used recently in the preparation of medicinally active benzo[b]furans and thiophenes.

General description

4′-Fluoro-2′-hydroxyacetophenone is a substituted acetophenone derivative. Biological Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of 4′-fluoro-2′-hydroxyacetophenone to 4-fluorocatechol by using whole cells of Pseudomonas fluorescens ACB has been reported. Its crystals belong to the monoclinic crystal system and space group P2₁/n.

Packaging

5 g in glass bottle