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anor277
May 31, 2017

Phenol would be a good starting material, i.e. a reasonable precursor.

Explanation:

#C_6H_5OH# is a couple of steps removed from paracetamol:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol

Nitration followed by reduction, and then acylation would be a reasonable synthesis.

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