1-Bromo-4-ethylbenzene → Ethyl 2-(4-ethylphenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-methylbutanoate

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Under argon, a solution of 1.29 g (7.02 mmol) of (+/−)-ethyl 4,4,4-trifluoro-3-methylbutanoate in 2 ml of abs. toluene was added dropwise to 8.1 ml of a 1 M solution, cooled to −10° C., of lithium hexamethyldisilazide in toluene (8.1 mmol). After 10 min at −10° C., a mixture of 1.0 g (5.4 mmol) of 1-bromo-4-ethylbenzene, 36.4 mg (0.16 mmol) of palladium(II) acetate and 134 mg (0.34 mmol) of 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′-(N,N-dimethylamino)biphenyl in 5 ml of abs. toluene was added to this reaction mixture. After the addition had ended, the mixture was warmed to RT and then stirred first at RT for 1 h and then at 80° C. for a further 3 h. After cooling to RT, the precipitated salts were filtered off with suction, the residue was washed with toluene and the combined filtrates were concentrated under reduced pressure. This gave 1.26 g of crude product (80.9% of theory) which was reacted as such.

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