Ethyl trifluoroacetate → HCID 117942671, compound

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Reaction Steps

1-Bromo-4-chloro-2-(2-methoxy-ethoxy)-benzene (CAS#1245563-20-5) (5.00 g, 18.8 mmol) was dissolved in THF (30 mL) and cooled to 0° C. i-Propylmagnesium bromide (11.3 mL, 2.0 M in THF, 22.6 mmol) was added dropwise, and the reaction was stirred at 10° C. for 30 min, then warmed to RT for 16 h. The reaction was then cooled to −15° C. and trifluoroacetic acid ethyl ester (3.37 mL, 28.2 mmol) was added. The reaction was stirred at 10° C. for 1 h. The reaction was quenched with HCl (2 N, 38 mL) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, then concentrated in vacuo. Purification by normal phase silica gel column chromatography (EtOAc/heptane) provided 1-(4-chloro-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)phenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanone.

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