Ethyl bromodifluoroacetate → Ethyl α,α-difluoro-2-quinolineacetate

Reaction equation

Br[C:2]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]2[C:4](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=2)[N:3]=1.Br[C:13]([F:20])([F:19])[C:14]([O:16][CH2:17][CH3:18])=[O:15]>CS(C)=O.[Cu]>[CH2:17]([O:16][C:14](=[O:15])[C:13]([F:20])([F:19])[C:2]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]2[C:4](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=2)[N:3]=1)[CH3:18]

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Procedure

2-Bromoquinoline (5.0 g, 24.0 mmol), ethyl 2-bromodifluoroacetate (5.8 g, 28.8 mmol) and copper powder (3.5 g, 55.2 mmol) in DMSO (20 mL) were stirred at 55° C. for 5 hours. The solid was filtered off, water (100 mL) and EA (150 mL) were added. The organic layer was separated, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to give the title compound as a yellow oil (4.2 g, 70%), which was used in the next step without further purification. LC-MS (ESI+): m/e 252 (M+H)+, Rt: 0.93 min.