Ethyl bromodifluoroacetate → Ethyl 2,2-difluoro-3-[4-(5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)phenyl]-3-hydroxybutanoate

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A solution of ethyl bromo(difluoro)acetate (0.53 mL, 4.1 mmol) and 1-[4-(5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)phenyl]ethanone (800 mg, 3.7 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (40 mL) was added to a 0.1 M solution of samarium diiodide in tetrahydrofuran (82 mL, 8.2 mmol) at ambient temperature. After stirring at ambient temperature for 3 min, the reaction was cooled and quenched with 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid. Volatiles were removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and 1 N hydrochloric acid. The organic phase was washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and brine, dried (sodium sulfate) and concentrated in vacuo. Chromatography over silica eluting with 0-40% ethyl acetate/hexane afforded ethyl 2,2-difluoro-3-[4-(5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)phenyl]-3-hydroxybutanoate.

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