Pivaloyl chloride → N-(4,5-Difluoro-2-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl)pivalamide

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Trimethylacetyl chloride (4.01 mL, 32.55 mmol) was added to the solution of the crude (2-amino-4,5-difluorophenyl)methanol in CH2Cl2/THF (50 mL/10 mL) at 0° C., followed by the addition of DIEA (10.8 mL, 62 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred for 30 min, and then partitioned between saturated NaHCO3(100 mL) and CH2Cl2 (150 mL). After separation, the organic phase was washed with brine (40 mL), dried over MgSO4, and concentrated on rotary vacuum to afford the expected product, which was pure enough to be used in next step without further purification; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 1.28 (s, 9 H), 4.62 (s, 2 H), 6.94 (dd, J=10.20, 8.44 Hz, 1 H), 8.08 (dd, J=12.72, 7.68 Hz, 1 H), 9.04 (s, 1 H); Mass spec. 244.11 (MH+), Calc. for C12H15F2NO2 243.11.

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