Trifluoroacetic acid → Ethyl 2-(4-(ethylsulfonamidomethyl)-3-fluorophenyl)propanoate

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To a solution of N-(4-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)ethanesulfonamide (305 mg, 1.03 mmol) in dimethylformamide, Manganese (113 mg, 2.06 mmol), (2,2′-Bipyridine)nickel(II)-dibromide (27 mg, 0.07 mmol), ethyl 2-chloropropanoate (0.17 mL, 1.34 mmol) was added. It was followed by addition of trifluoroacetic acid (0.002 mL, 0.028 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 24 h at 65° C. The reaction mixture was quenched by concentrated HCl (7 drops). Then it was extracted with diethyl ether, dried over magnesium sulfate, the solvent was evaporated in vacuo. It was purified by column chromatography to obtain ethyl 2-(4-(ethylsulfonamidomethyl)-3-fluorophenyl)propanoate in pure form (65 mg, 20%).

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