Acetaldehyde → 1-(4'-Trifluoromethyl-biphenyl-4-yl)-ethanol

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a stirred suspension of 1.5 g of magnesium turnings in 10 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran, add a small amount of 4'-trifluoromethyl-4-bromo[1,1']biphenyl and a few drops of bromine. When the reaction is started, add (dropwise) a solution of 16 g of 4'-trifluoromethyl-4-bromo-[1,1']biphenyl in 50 ml of tetrahydrofuran at 50°-60° C. Heat the mixture for one hour, cool to 0° C., and slowly (dropwise) add 7 g of acetaldehyde. Stir the reaction mixture at room temperature for twenty hours. Work-up the reaction mixture following the procedure of example 2, and isolate the desired product by chromatography, m.p. 116°-117°.

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