Ethyl 4-chlorobenzoate → 2-(4-Bromopyridin-2-yl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethanone

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5 g (29.07 mmol) of 4-bromo-2-methylpyridine and 11.27 g (61.04 mmol) of ethyl 4-chlorobenzoate are placed under a stream of nitrogen in a round-bottomed flask and dissolved in 50 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran. The solution is cooled to 5° C. and 70 ml (70 mmol) of a lithium hexamethyldisilazane solution (1M in tetrahydrofuran) are added dropwise. After addition, the mixture is stirred at ambient temperature for 2 h and cooled to 5° C., and then 100 ml of water are gradually added. The medium is subsequently diluted with 250 ml of ethyl acetate and 100 ml of water. The organic phase is separated and the aqueous phase is extracted twice with 100 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic phases are subsequently combined, dried over sodium sulphate and filtered. 15 g of silica are subsequently added to the filtrate and the mixture is concentrated under reduced pressure. The powder obtained is used as solid deposit for chromatography on silica gel, with a mixture of cyclohexane and ethyl acetate (9/1) as eluent. 8.4 g (93%) of compound are obtained in the form of a yellow powder.

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