functionalized phloroglucinol monoaryl ethers have been synthesized using a two-step procedure. Target ethers were synthesized by coupling electron-deficient aryl fluorides with 3,5-dimethoxyphenol via nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) in N-methylpyrrolidone and cesium carbonate. Subsequent boron tribromide-mediated demethylation gave a series of phloroglucinol monoaryl ethers in good overall