Water → 5-(2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl)-2-methoxybenzaldehyde

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To a stirred and ice-cooled solution of Compound 8 (650 mg, 2.5 mmol) in dry CH2Cl2 (15 ml) was added neat TiCl4 (950 mg, 5.0 mmol) followed by Cl2CHOMe (600 mg, 5.0 mmol). After the addition was complete, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hr, poured into H2O (60 ml), and extracted with CH2Cl2. The combined extracts were dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated in vacuo to give a yellow oil, which was purified by a column chromatography on silica gel to give Compound 9 (650 mg, 90%)

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