Colorless to yellow liquid
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.
Preparation by Fries rearrangement of 3-fluorophenyl acetate with aluminium chloride without solvent at 160–180° (75%) (88–90%).
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.
