4-Methylbenzaldehyde → HCID 53981355, compound

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Reaction Steps

12 g of p-tolualdehyde dissolved in 20 cc of DMF and 7.5 g of Zn are charged to a flask of 250 ml of capacity. 2.5 g of CF3CCl3 is dropwise added and the resulting reaction mixture is slightly heated until the reaction turns into strongly exothermic. Then 10 g of CF3CCl3 dissolved in 100 cc of DMF is dropwise added and the resulting mixture is stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. 10 cc of acetic anhydride and 13 g of Zn are then added. After 2 hours at room temperature, the reaction mixture is poured in acidic water and is extracted three times with ether; the ether phases are combined with one another, and are washed with a saturated solution of sodium bicarbonate, and with brine, and are then thoroughly dried and evaporated. The raw reaction product is chromatographed on silica (98/2 hexane/ethyl acetate). 11.5 g of 4-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-toluene is obtained.

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