Water → HCID 17989159, compound

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Reaction Steps

10 g (69.39 mol) of 2,6-difluoroanisole is dissolved in 200 ml of toluene and mixed at room temperature with 5.75 g (83.27 mmol) of isobutyric acid nitrile. 166.5 ml of a 0.5 molar solution of potassium hexamethyldisilazide in toluene is added in drops within 35 minutes. In this case, a slight temperature rise to 27.5° C. takes place. After 16 hours of stirring at room temperature, the reaction mixture is mixed with 200 ml of water and 400 ml of ethyl acetate and acidified with 10% sulfuric acid to a pH of 4. The organic phase is separated, and the aqueous phase is shaken once with ethyl acetate (200 ml). The combined organic extracts are shaken with water and brine. After the solvent is dried, filtered and spun off, the residue is chromatographed on silica gel (mobile solvent:ethyl acetate/hexane). 7.66 g (57.1%) of the desired compound is isolated.

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