Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 2-{3-[(2,2-Difluoro-2-phenylethyl)amino]-6-chloro-2-fluorophenyl}ethanal

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To a solution of DMSO (1.03 mL, 14.5 mmol), DIEA (1.99 mL, 11.4 mmol), and 2-{3-[(2,2-difluoro-2-phenylethyl)amino]-6-chloro-2-fluorophenyl}ethanol (1.45 g, 4.4 mmol), as prepared according to the procedure in the preceding step, in DCM (140 mL) in an ice-bath was added sulfur trioxide pyridine complex (1.82 g, 11.4 mmol) and stirred at the same temperature for 3.5 hours. The mixture was diluted with DCM (300 mL), washed with 10% citric acid (3 times), H2O, and brine, dried over Na2SO4, and concentrated to give the title compound (1.43 g, 99% yield) as an orange oil, that was used without further purification.

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