“…The crude product is purified by flash chromatography on silica gel eluted with pentane/ether 9/1, yielding 71% of 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethanone as a white solid: mp 36 °C, (lit. 23 38-39 °C); 1 H NMR (CDCl3) 24 δ 2.55 (3H, s), 3.85 (3H, s), 6.96 (2H, d, J ) 8.8 Hz), 7.97 (2H, d, J ) 8.8 Hz); 13 C NMR (CDCl3) 24 δ 26.0, 55.0, 113.4 (2C), 130.0, 130.4 (2C), 163.2, 196.2; MS (EI) 24 m/z (relative intensity) 150 (M +• , 48), 135 (100), 107 (6), 92 (7), 77 (30) 19 F NMR (CDCl3) 28 -63.0 (s); MS (EI) m/z (relative intensity) 188 (M + , 3), 173 (100), 145 (52), 125 (6), 95(6), 75(4). Anal.…”