Water → HCID 68543244, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Trans-2-Methylcylopentanol (50 mg, 0.5 mmol) was added to a flame dried round bottom flask under nitrogen containing 0.5 mL of dry tetrahydrofuran (“THF”) and cooled to 0° C. A 1.0 M solution of potassium t-butoxide in t-butanol (0.5 mL) was added dropwise and the reaction mixture stirred at 0° C. for 0.5 h. The above solution was then transferred via syringe to a flask containing 2-Trifluoromethyl-4-fluoro-benzonitrile (95 mg, 0.5 mmol) in 0.5 mL of THF at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 3 h, warmed to room temperature and stirred for 16 h. The reaction mixture was then cooled to 0° C., poured into a seperatory funnel containing 8 mL of water, and extracted with 10 mL of methyl tert-butyl ether. The organic phase was washed with water, brine, dried (MgSO4), concentrated in vacuo, and the residue purified by reverse phase HPLC (Shimadzu) to give 112 mg 4-(trans-2-Methyl-cyclopentyloxy)-2-trifluoromethyl-benzonitrile. GC/MS: 269 (M/Z for C14H14F3NO).

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