Jy. Nie et Kl. Kirk, SYNTHESIS OF FLUORO-VERATRALDEHYDES AND POLYFLUORO-VERATRALDEHYDES BYELECTROPHILIC FLUORINATION, Journal of fluorine chemistry, 74(2), 1995, pp. 297-301
Lithiation of oxazolines derived from fluorinated veratric acid, follo
wed by electrophilic fluorination and subsequent reductive oxazoline c
leavage, provides a convenient route to di- and tri-fluoroveratraldehy
des. Similarly, 4-fluoroveratrol was converted by lithiation and fluor
ination to 3,4-difluoroveratrol, which can be used to prepare 5,6-difl
uoroveratraldehyde.