2-Bromo-5-fluorobenzyl alcohol → 2-Bromo-5-fluorobenzaldehyde

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To the solution of (2-bromo-5-fluoro-phenyl)methanol (0.852 g, 4.156 mmol) in DCM (15 ml) was added MnO2 (4.254 g, 85%, 41.56 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for two days, and then filtered and washed with DCM. The filtrate was concentrated to afford 777 mg 2-bromo-5-fluoro-benzaldehyde (92% yield). The newly made aldehyde (0.777 g, 3.828 mmol) was then dissolved in anhydrous THF (10 ml) and cooled to 0° C. Trifluoromethyl trimethylsilane (1.13 ml, 7.656 mmol) was added, and followed by tetrabutyl ammonium fluoride (0.020 g, 0.076 mmol). The temperature was then allowed to warm to room temperature. The mixture was stirred for 5 h at room temperature, then diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with water, brine and dried by MgSO4. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give 2-bromo-5-fluoro-phenyl)2,2,2-trifluoro-ethanol, 1.1 g (90% purity) as a crude product, which was used for the next step without further purification.

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