Acetic Anhydride → HCID 178467255, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a 500 mL recovery flask was added 5-(2-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-3-hydroxycyclohex-2-enone (1D) (14.3 g, 50.1 mmol, 1.0 eq.), CH2Cl2 (200 mL), acetic anhydride (6.65 g, 65.2 mmol, 1.3 eq.), Et3N (15.22 g, 150 mmol, 3.0 eq.), and DMAP (catalytic amount). The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. Monitoring by LC/MS judged the reaction to be complete. The reaction mixture was concentrated and purified via column chromatography (gradient 70% CH2Cl2/Hex to 100% CH2Cl2) to yield the product as light yellow foam which later became an oil (3.55 g, 22%). The crude material was used in the next step without further purification. ESI-MS: m/z 327.2 (M+H)+.

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