Sodium Hydroxide → 1-(3,5-Dichlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol

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To a stirred solution of 1-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanone (procured from Rieke Metals, UK; 5.0 grams (g), 20.5 millimoles (mmol)) in methyl alcohol (CH3OH; 100 milliliters (mL)) at 0° C. were added sodium borohydride (NaBH4; 3.33 g, 92.5 mL) and 1 Normal (N) aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (NaOH; 10 mL). The reaction mixture was warmed to 25° C. and stirred for 2 hours (h). After the reaction was deemed complete by thin layer chromatography (TLC), saturated (satd) aqueous (aq) ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) solution was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was diluted with diethyl ether (Et2O) and washed with water (H2O; 3×50 mL). The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound as a liquid (4.0 g, 79%): 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.41 (m, 3H), 5.00 (m, 2H), 2.74 (s, 1H); ESIMS m/z 242.97 ([M−H]−).

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