Water → 3-Ethyl 5-methyl 6-(difluoromethyl)-4-fluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate

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The reagent was prepared by dissolving 0.37 g (0.001 mol) of 18-crown-6 in 30 ml of dry CH3CN (distilled over CaH2) and then adding 3.25 g (0.056 mol) of dry KF (dried in an oven at 50° C./67 Pa). After the heterogeneous system was mechanically stirred for 30 minutes, 10 g (0.028 mol) of product of Example 103 was added and the resulting mixture was refluxed for 6 days. The reaction mixture was poured into H2O, extracted with diethyl ether (2×), dried (MgSO4) and solvent removed in vacuo affording 9.45 g of a brown oil. The crude product was purified by HPLC using 1% ethyl acetate/cyclohexane as eluting solvent affording 6.72 g (70%) of product as a white solid; mp 40°-41° C.

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