Water → 4'-Methoxy-3'-(trifluoromethyl)acetophenone

Reaction equation

F[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:8](=[O:10])[CH3:9])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[C:11]([F:14])([F:13])[F:12].[CH3:15][O-:16].[Na+].O>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:15][O:16][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:8](=[O:10])[CH3:9])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[C:11]([F:14])([F:13])[F:12]

Participants

Procedure

To a solution of 4′-fluoro-3′-trifluoromethylacetophenone (25.0 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (70 ml) was added under ice-cooling sodium methoxide (7.21 g), and the mixture was stirred under ice-cooling for 2 hr and further at room temperature for 1 hr. The reaction mixture was added to water, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give the object product (24.3 g) as a brown solid.