Sodium hydride → 2-(4-Chlorophenyl)-1-(3,4-difluoro-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-4-methyl-pentane-1,3-dione

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Sodium hydride (1.5 g, 37.5 mmol, 60% dispersion in mineral oil, 4 eq.) is added portionwise to a stirred solution of isobutyric acid 6-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)acetyl]-2,3-difluorophenyl ester (3.16 g, 8.97 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (60 ml) over 15 min. The mixture is heated in an oil bath at 80° C. for 4 h. The reaction is cooled to room temperature, diluted with 2M HCl solution and washed with ethyl acetate. The organic phase is dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to afford the title compound as a brown oil. The product is used in the next step without further purification.

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