Ethyl Acetate → 2-Hydroxy-1-(4-(2-isopropyl-phenylsulfanyl)-3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-ethanone

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Then 2-hydroxy-1-(4-(2-isopropyl-phenylsulfanyl)-3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-ethanone 28 was prepared as follows. To a solution of compound 27 (0.4 g, 1.8 mmole) and o-isopropylthiophenol (0.31 ml, 1.8 mmole) in DMF (10 ml) was added Cs2CO3 (0.59 g, 1.8 mmole). The mixture was stirred for 10 minutes and EtOAc (30 ml) was added. The mixture was filtered, concentrated and chromatographed on a silica gel column eluting with 30% EtOAc in hexane. The desired product 28 was obtained as an oil, 0.22 g, 34.8%. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ1.17 (d, J=7.0 Hz, 6H), 3.40–3.46 (m, 2H), 4.80 (s, 2H), 6.82 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.27–7.31 (m, 1H), 7.51–7.55 (m, 3H), 7.72 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 8.17 (s, 1H); MS (DCI/NH3) m/z 355 (M+H)+, 372 (M+NH4)+.

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