5-Chloro-2,4-difluorobenzoic acid → 5-Chloro-2-fluoro-4-((3,5,7-trifluoroadamantan-1-yl)methoxy)benzoic acid

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A mixture of (3,5,7-trifluoroadamantan-1-yl)methanol (1.37 g, 6.22 mmol) and potassium tert-butoxide (0.91 g, 8.09 mmol) in anhydrous dimethylsulfoxide (20 mL) was stirred under nitrogen for 20 minutes. The reaction mixture was treated with a mixture of 5-chloro-2,4-difluorobenzoic acid (1.20 g, 6.22 mmol) and potassium tert-butoxide (0.70 g, 6.22 mmol) in anhydrous dimethylsulfoxide (10 mL) that had been stirred for 10 min. The resulting mixture was stirred under nitrogen at ambient temperature for 20 hours, diluted with ethyl acetate (120 mL), water (20 mL) and 1 M aqueous hydrochloric acid solution (50 mL). The separated organic layer was washed with 1 M aqueous hydrochloric acid solution (50 mL) and brine; dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate; filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (2:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate (+0.2% acetic acid v/v)) to provide the title compound (0.98 g, 40%): 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 13.13 (br s, 1H), 7.83 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.18 (d, J=12.6 Hz, 1H), 4.00 (s, 2H), 2.25-2.14 (m, 3H), 2.06-1.96 (m, 3H), 1.81-1.73 (m, 6H); MS (ES−) m/z 391.2, 393.2 (M−1).

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