Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 54550811, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a suspension of NaH (0.5 g of 60% dispersion in oil) in DMF (10 ml) was added trifluoroethanol (0.92 ml) and the mixture stirred for 30 minutes. After this time the mixture was cooled to 0° C. and a solution of methyl 4-bromo-2-bromomethylbenzoate (3.52 g) in DMF was added, and the resultant mixture stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. 0.5 M HCl was added and the mixture extracted with ether. The organic extract was washed with water, dried (anhydrous magnesium sulphate) and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness to yield methyl 4-bromo-2-trifluoroethoxymethylbenzoate (3.89 g) as a yellow oil, NMR (CDCl3) 3.9(s,3H), 4.0(q,2H), 5.1(s,2H), 7.5(dr,1H), 7.85(d,1H), 7.9(s,1H).

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