Acetic Anhydride → (Z)-3,5-diethyl-1-(3,3-dichloro-2-propenyloxy)-4-(5-(3-chloro-4,4,4-trifluoro-2-butenyloxy)pentyloxy)benzene

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To a mixture of 0.12 g of aluminum chloride and 50 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide was added 3.04 g of 1,1,1-trichlorotrifluoroethane. After stirring at room temperature for 1 hour, 1.21 g of 5-(2,6-diethyl-4-(3,3-dichloro-2-propenyloxy)phenoxy)pentyloxyacetaldehyde was added, and the reaction mixture was further stirred at room temperature for 4 hours, to which 1.38 g of acetic anhydride was added. After stirring at room temperature for 1 hour, 0.88 g of zinc dust was added, and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 12 hours and filtered. The filtrate was poured into 50 ml of diluted hydrochloric acid and extracted twice with 100 ml of diethyl ether. The diethyl ether layers were combined, washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and then evaporated to give a crude product. The crude product was subjected to silica gel chromatography, which afforded 2.91 g of (Z)-3,5-diethyl-1-(3,3-dichloro-2-propenyloxy)-4-(5-(3-chloro-4,4,4-trifluoro-2-butenyloxy)pentyloxy)benzene (yield, 72%), nD26.0 1.4958.

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