Iodine → 1-Cyclopropyl-2-(2-fluorophenyl)ethan-1-one

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Reaction Steps

A 1000 ml round-bottomed flask is filled with magnesium (10.7 g, 0.44 mol). Iodine (0.2 g) is sublimated to the magnesium, then diethyl ether (240 ml) is added and under reflux, a solution of 2-fluorobenzyl chloride (47.8 ml, 0.4 mol) and diethyl ether (80 ml) is added to the reaction mixture. The mixture is refluxed for 2 hours and at this temperature a solution of cyclopropanecarboxylic acid dimethylamide (36.2 g, 0.32 mol), prepared according to example 1, and tetrahydrofuran (200 ml) are added. The reaction mixture is stirred for half an hour and under cooling aqueous hydrogen chloride (160 ml, 1:1) is added dropwise to the mixture. The organic layer is dried and the residue is fractionated in vacuo.

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