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How to remove fluorine from 2-[2-(3-bromophenyl)ethenyl]-5-fluoro-1,3-benzoxazole?

Daniel Strickland  Follow

How to remove fluorine from this compound?

There's no need to try that!

Just use the commercially available 2-methyl-1,3-benzoxazole and try to react it with 3-bromobenzaldehyde in N,N-dimethylformamide under reflux for 2-4 h using self-prepared $\ce{KF-Al2O3}$ as a catalyst.

The reaction has been described (DOI) for several benzaldehydes, such as $\ce{4-H, 4-Cl, 4-Me, 4-OCH3, 4-N(CH3)2}$, with yields > 80%.

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Ella-Shanie Orbach  Follow
Ive done some research and it seems that I can make Potassium fluoride on alumina simply by mixing KF with Al2O3. Is that correct?More
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Franz Wimmer  Follow
Thank you! This is exactly what I wanted to know :) Oh and this would be a KF/AL2O3 catalysed condensation reaction, right? And if so, would you mind showing me what would the reaction mechanism for this look like? Anywho. Thank you again!More
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