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An expedient preparation of 9-fluoronylmethanol
Chong,Lajoie,Tjepkema
, p. 819 - 820 (1992)
Lithiation of fluorene in tetrahydrofuran with butyllithium followed by reaction with paraformaldehyde provides a convenient one-pot preparation (~70% isolated yield) of 9-fluorenylmethanol. The yield of 9-fluorenylmethanol is critically dependent on stoichiometry and reaction times.
