Methyl acetoacetate → 5,6-Dihydro-4-hydroxy-6-(pentafluorophenyl)-2H-pyran-2-one

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The title compound was prepared as described in General Method 1 using 2.5 mL of methyl acetoacetate, 1.0 g of NaH 60% dispersion in oil, 12.5 mL of 2.0M n-butyl lithium in hexane, 3.4 mL of pentafluorobenzaldehyde and 75 mL of tetrahydrofuran. After addition of the aldehyde, the reaction was stirred for 10 minutes at 0° C. then allowed to warm to room temperature overnight. The crude product was triturated from diethyl ether to afford a solid (m.p. 176°-178° C.). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 2.89 (dd, 1 H), 3.15 (dd, 1 H), 3.70 (dd, 2 H), 6.02 (dd, 1 H).

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